The Earth Speaks

You built your house and called it your home,

When you traveled around the world, your country was your home,

And when you stepped on the moon…Earth was your home.

For your comfort you cut down trees,

For your fashion you killed the beasts,

For your wealth you dug me deep,

Exploiting the rarest of my possessions.

You are polluting my air, and filling my water with toxins.

Doing me evil for the good I’ve done,

And still; you call me your home?

I needed someone to protect me, and so you were born,

But your knowledge made you greedy,

Where your intelligence did not work.

If you destroy me, where will you live?

Ask your brothers if they have found some place else,

Where my sisters wouldn’t refuse,

What I accept to give you to use.