Global Warming
This has become a worldwide epidemic,
We are guilty of this planet getting sick,
Governments are getting in on the act,
All of us trying to lessen the impact,
Future generations are now under the gun,
Earth and its riches underneath the sun,
The Kyoto Protocol was supposedly the beginning,
Harper signed and perhaps created a momentum swing,
Other countries still have yet to buy in,
We’re responsible for perhaps our greatest sin,
Our environment consumes our entire fragile existence,
The 3 R’s and greenhouse gases reduced with due diligence,
My hope is that the damage isn’t permanent,
Let’s save our planet with continued grueling intent!
Published in 2011, The Ontario Poetry Society, Toronto, ON, Canada.
