#GreenPoem of the Week

An environmental poem that will plunge you into deep reflection and inspire you to take environmental action

The Cause

Bullet shells everywhere, Bombs exploding
Buildings in rubbles, corpses littered everywhere
Mothers scream in great despair,
Fathers with bullet holes all over them
Orphans everywhere, but nobody cares
People dying of starvation
Animals dying from our destruction
The rage in our eyes
Trouble everywhere, causing despair

Why?

Greed

Our greed to lead with power is all we dare
Our greed for fame and suppression with wealth is all we care
Our greed to see others beg, what we prefer
Our greed to scare, our reason we grade and hate
Our greed to be alone, Me, Myself and I – and if not me, no one else
Our greed brings so much despair

Trouble everywhere, causing despair

Why?

Religion

Billions of religious people, so much hate: why? The money
Thousands of churches, so much crime: why? The money
Preach oneness, deny togetherness; why? The money
Promise salvation, impoverish the people, and use their money to live in salvation
All they care about is the money and power and will do everything to fuel the religious divide to keep the money and power
Religious greed, killing millions in "peace"

Trouble everywhere, causing despair

Why?

Climate Change

Trouble everywhere, causing despair
Why?
The heat waves bring despair
The floods and hurricanes bring despair
The hunger and thirst bring despair
The scarcity of resources, something to fear
Climate change, a nightmare we don't care

Trouble everywhere, causing despair

Why

We don’t care

We don’t care our little actions can make a difference
We don’t care because they didn’t care or don’t care
We don’t care because we think God will care
We don’t care because we fear to dare
We don’t care because the future is not clear

But one thing is clear

Death is near, Death is clear if we don’t care!

I think the root causes of most of our problems at the family level are almost the same causes of our global problems. The family is the first school where people are supposed to be thought to live in harmony with other people and the environment but I don’t see this happening. In most families, it’s about me, myself, and I and not ‘we’. People don’t want to give other people a chance. The We word is gradually fading from our lives and everybody has become more concerned about themselves and nobody else.
I am very confident that all this conflict today is not about our needs being met but about our greed being met. If we all kick greed out of our lives, the world will be a much better place.
It’s not part of our nature to be wicked, selfish, deceitful, and spread despair. We are taught to be this shit that has brought so much despair but the good thing is that we can flip the coin. We can open up a new paradigm.
In 2012 I directed the song paradigm which is performed by my organization’s Ambassadors, Colby and Awu and I want to share this piece for us to listen, reflect and open up a new paradigm.

I believe if all families teach their children about the oneness of humanity and the need to care for the planet, the world will be a much better place.

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The Greens is a grassroots environmental organization that strives to educate, inspire and engage young people to take action to combat climate change and be at the forefront of biodiversity conservation and waste management.
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