No Apologies
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This poem is about the consequences of Climate Change or more explicitly Mother Natures Wrath.
She came dressed in the finest of green
To tell the story of a mighty Queen
Who once lived in the hills and vales
Of a distant land;
Where robust rivers once flowed
And game was plenty.
Where children once
Played on grassy knolls
And swam in pristine pools.
Where songbirds sang in sweet refrains,
And eagles soared over bountiful plains.
She painted a scene
Of a fairy tale dream,
Of meadows green,
And skies ever so clean.
Then, she lashed out,
Hot blood from her veins poured,
Her eyes ablaze,
Her blistered skin,
Turned red with rage.
Her voice full of anger and hate
At those who came and stole it away.
What more do you want,
She defiantly raged?
You planted steel in my vales,
Drilled wells in my meadows,
Dug holes in my mountains,
Trampled my grassy knolls,
Took away the green and
Filled the skies with ash.
No longer do the eagles soar.
No more can I give.
No apologies will I make
For you raped my soul.
I gave you a chance
And you turned it to ash.
It is time you paid
For the havoc you’ve wrecked.
My parched skin
I must reclaim.
My breath made clean.
The fruit of my life turned crystal clear
No apologies will I make
For what I must do.
For justice is due.
With that, a bolt from the heavens
Struck a mighty blow
To the earth below.
The thunder roared,
The wind raged,
The clouds turned black,
The oceans heaved,
Tornados ripped across the plains,
The blood of the earth turned red.
On a distant hill stood the Queen
All draped in black
A chisel in her hand.
On a tombstone she scribed,
Here lies the men
Who turned my rivers to rust
My soil to dust,
My skies to ash.
No apologies will I make.
“Mother Earth”
Copyright © Lon Wartman | Year Posted 2021
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