Torrents of rain,
Devastating floods,
Blinding snows,
Frigid cold,
Sweltering heat,
Drought,
Wildfires,
Hurricanes smashing lives,
El Ninõ,
El Ninã,
The perfect storm,
Take responsibility for ourselves,
Take responsibility for our actions,
Unless it interferes with capitalism,
Then responsibility goes out the window.
Global warming…
Nonsense!
Liberal scientists–a gauntlet to progress
Or could we really be destroying the planet.
Recklessly laying waste to mother earth,
All for the almighty dollar.
What will we leave as our legacy?
A world spiraling out of control,
Cold, hot, bleak, devastated,
Because of our denial,
Because of our arrogance,
Chaos for the next generation,
And the ones that follow them.
Our responsibility is not arbitrary,
It is our duty,
We owe it to the future,
To do what is right,
Before its too late.
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
we do – will we? remains to be seen ~ Nice write
I can only hope, than you my friend.
Yes we can hope – hope is a good thing! WOuld be pretty pointless to not have hope right 😉 A pleasure ~
I think that is all we really have, but it is a waste if we are afraid to act on our hopes and dreams allowing them to morph into regrets. Very sad. Thank you my friend.
😀 For sure ~
Yeah? Good advice. 🙂
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
HE GOT IT OFF HIS CHEST…DO YOU HEAR WHAT HE IS SAYING?
Thank you so much for the reblog Jonathan, I was in a preachy sort of mood.
powerful!
Thank you Cindy, I appreciate it.
What a great ecology lesson with a side order of social responsibility. Yum. Brain food.
Some of my favorite topics, with whipped cream and a cherry on top. 🙂
And chocolate sauce;)
Yummm!!! 🙂
powerful!
Thank you very much.
Nice expression.
Nice expression.
Thank you very much sir. 🙂
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Oh my … the folks on Fox Noise will have a lot to say about this! 😉
Global warming? Bah! Humbug! Just pinko liberal propaganda!
Great poem, Dom. We can hope and pray that 2014 is the year that people start to take it seriously – and put their shoulders to the wheel re: coming up with workable solutions.
Ever see Koyaanisqatsi? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi]
We’ve been living it … it’s getting worse … there needs to be a new way of living.
[ in case you haven’t seen it: http://vimeo.com/21922694 ]
Yes, Fox would have a lot to say about this. Sadly anything, including the state of the world we live in, is up for grabs when it comes to making a profit. I haven’t seen this movie, but I will definitely watch it it sounds very compelling. Maybe 2014 will be the year…or it will just be another like the last, I only hope that things change before it is too late. Thanks for the great comment and information. 🙂
Hope the link works for you. It was out of print for a while… But a classic nonetheless.