Earth's Lone Cry
I cried my heart out
For i am hurting, but no one pays attention
Ozone depletion my signature symptom
But they wouldn't let go
I cried out until until my tears caused floods and stirred storms
My piercing cry caused droughts
I changed the times and seasons
To let you know that I was tired
I needed rest all along, but they would let me be
Trees fell like spent match sticks in a bin
Smoking chimneys like the dragons of old
I cried the more yet no one heard me
Then 2019 came calling Corona virus,
Wuhan set the place and the tone
Then they heard my cry and shut down the factories and the cities and the tanking cars.
The burning gas ceased, the place of consumption slowed the pace.
Ozone's healing in place suddenly
Nature's respite claimed.
The air smelled better,
The rain fall a reminder of the yonder years.
The Artic and Antarctica rejoicing
Temperatures going South
The rainbow and the sunshine
My convalescing signature
Natures circle is turned full cycle.
Covid-19 a blessing in disguise.
(Written on the 14th May, 2020)
Copyright © Joseph Jeremiah Naye | Year Posted 2021
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