In dark woods,
I lose my path
To terrors of the past
And evils that won’t let go
Green decayed
To form violence
And no matter how much I prayed
War would never turn to quietness
National Geographic states that every year, we lose forests as large as Panama and because of this deforestation, Global Warming is becoming unstoppable. Even if humans start to replace all the trees we have cut down, we couldn’t reverse the damage we’ve done. Simply planting trees doesn’t replace the complex ecology that once used to exist in the area. Although people have started to realize the importance of forests, we still hear news about indigenous tribes having no where to go because industries cut down their homes.
Once the damage has been done, its irreversible.
The drip from the tap
Made heads turn
Faster than you could clap
Gunshots fired without a concern
Assam is being flooded as of now. Right now, thousands of people are dying. Thousands of memories are being lost. Thousands of stories that could never be told. Situations like these truly make you realize that (even though its highly cliched) phrases like ‘Water, water everywhere but not a single drop to spare’ are becoming more real in every second. The fight for water resources is no longer a dream. The water crisis is here and unless we want it to become a ‘prey or be preyed on’ situation, we have to do something. Over 1.5 Billion people don’t have access to water resources.
The sad part is that I don’t see the number going down anytime soon.
Amidst the gray air
Soldiers came marching
To claim what was rare
With no care for who they were harming
Air pollution indoors, often due to fires for cooking or heating, cause 4.3 million deaths every year. But this isn’t the only cause of deaths related to air pollution. Emissions from vehicles, factory smoke and many others release unwarranted amounts of Carbon. And even though the cap and trade system has tried its best to work, it has utterly failed. Its time we moved to other energy sources. Why is it that we can normalize a fuel that produces way too much toxins, when we can’t find it in ourselves to normalize green energy like solar panels?
Longing to hear stories
Of when everything was a plenty
But now in the future
The only sight was gloom
The time is now. It doesn’t matter if global warming will become irreversible in 18 months or 18 years. Do whatever you have to. Send out pleas to switch to green energy, participate in rallies that tackle deforestation and please, just turn off the tap when its not required. Its not enough to donate money and sit back claiming to have contributed. Take off time to clean garbage off the road, no matter how much it disgusts you because if we keep allowing our situation to worsen, The Earths only going to become one huge stinky, unusable trash can. The time is now, do your part.
