This poem has been going thru my head for awhile now. Felt now is a good time as any to just write it.
As we now worry about global warming. Seeing the true effects of our actions from the past.
A lot knew years ago, taking down the rain forests, and clearing the timber lands across the world the eventual effects it would have on the very source we depend on….. Earth.
Some say there’s nothing that can be done now, but there is a lot we can still do to save our planet from our destruction.
It’s time we start replacing what we have taken down.
The Trees.
They Are the key to our survival here on this planet.
They clean our air from our pollution
They keep this planet and us cooler.
They give us food and shelter
They were here long before us, and even as we try to force the Earth to live “our way”, they will be back, long after we are gone.
Mankind is gradually creating his own doom by not paying attention to what was here before us, what we need to have to survive.
I hope I don’t ever see the day I have to live in a cubicle to breathe fresh air. I’d personally would rather do that outside.
I don’t want to see animals that depend on the cold become extinct
I don’t want to eat my food that has been grown in a lab.
It’s time the whole world wakes up, and truely takes notice of what we are doing to the thing we depend on. It’s time we start reversing things and tolerate having to rake a few leaves and mow around the very thing that is trying to help us survive.
Find a place
Plant your tree
Make a difference

Published on the Arbor Day Foundation’s website