Earth 2

 

Earth – you little blue gem:

Oasis in a great black desert.

Perhaps Unique

With your single Moon –

Queen of The Tides

Or one of millions of Earths

Scattered throughout Space.

Who knows?

 

Sky blue seas

Draped in cloud curtains

Hints of brown and green

On continents

Teeming with Life.

 

Paradise Planet

Rich diversity

Of plants

And animals.

 

Taken for granted

I’m afraid

By people too busy

To appreciate

Her beauty.

 

All they do is rip down her forests

Bounty hunt for trophies

And make her a greenhouse

Heading towards a Hell

Like Venus.

 

I hope they soon see sense,

Close down those ugly factories

Allowing our Earth

To cool again.

 

Does all intelligent life destroy itself

In the end?

Is this why space is silent

When we should be deafened

By radio broadcasts

From other worlds?

 

I hope not.

The choice is ours.

But first we must open our eyes.

Open them to the sheer beauty

And Splendour

Of our Mother Earth.

 

Paul Butters

 

© PB 24\9\2020.