Mountain Snow
Snow melting high on mountain tops
seeking a path through rocks and fields,
making rushing streams as it goes,
replenishing life along the way.
Soaking in, it feeds the thirsty Earth,
and finally reaches the oceans vast,
thus, finding home it rests once more.
Then warms to feed the clouds above
to fall as rain through trees below,
and once again make mountain snow!
All water from the dawn of time
was put here for us to use or waste.
Not one single drop will disappear
for it is here for all eternity.
Does man not see his folly grow
as he pollutes waters once clean?
When glaciers melt to raise the seas,
and snows recede from mountaintops,
will drought and dust leave man to cry…
“Where is clean water to quench my thirst!”
It is still there, just out of reach
for you misused the gift of life.
You altered the balance nature sought
by giving in to want and greed.
You warmed the oceans, soiled the air
ignored warning signs, as if a joke.
Wake up and make a new beginning…
Cool the oceans and clean the air
let moisture fall from clouds above
to fall as rain through trees below,
and once again make mountain snow!
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