Conditions Critical

Catastrophe is near, 
as earth warms year on year,
yet we play same old game, 
thinking we're not to blame
and racing towards hell, 
hoping all will be well.
Keeping our fingers crossed,
that there will be no cost.
Tis clear the main problem, 
stems from fossil carbon.

This poisons all around, 
the sky, the sea, the ground.
Now sea levels rising, 
as land ice starts melting.
And species extinction,
from deforestation.
Conditions critical, 
going out of control.
Catastrophe is near, 
as earth warms year on year.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Laurie Avatar
June 27, 2021 at 4:31 PM
Hello Tony … working with the environment and not against it would be a good start Humanity doesn’t seem to understand it is on the path of the dinosaurs - thank you Tony - Lindsay
Hargreaves Avatar
June 29, 2021 at 2:42 PM
Thanks Lindsay. Yes, we do not seem to comprehend that our species soon will end. Yet one more extinction to add to many others in the past. Tony.
Cunningham Avatar
June 25, 2021 at 8:36 AM
Frightening thought Tony, everyone needs to be on board, mankind is slowly destroying the only home he has. Tom
Hargreaves Avatar
June 29, 2021 at 10:51 AM
We clutch at straws. Can humankind make it to Mars or Venus before the final curtain? No chance. Tony
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