EARTH DAY 2006
Once there was a paradise
Both wild and so pristine
Apart from the rest the World
With Oceans in between.
There were People, one with Life,
Who were Keepers of the Land
Revering all around them
Just as the Great Spirit planned.
Their lives were good and simple
And those Native Nations knew
If they took care of Mother Earth
That, She’d take care of them, too.
Only taking what they needed
And using everything they took
Although they’d never read it
Seemed to live by some, “Good Book.”
But, then the Europeans
Learned the World wasn’t flat
Set sail, landed on these shores
That, brings us to where we’re at.
They brought the white man’s greed
And began a sad Time in Space
That just may be the downfall
Of all of our Human Race.
We, of these new United States
With all our technology
And our quest of the “Good Life”
Will leave a horrible legacy.
The ice of the World is melting
As all the Seas begin to rise;
Warm Weather wreaking havoc
With destruction from the Skies.
We pollute our Air and Water
Cut/burn Forests to the ground
Bury ourselves in our Garbage
And drill where any oil might be found.
Species are becoming extinct
And not by any Natural ways
We’re killing our Environment
As we all number our days.
Not to mention Nukes and War
And the lies and corruption
Health care, poverty and homeless
And all the moral destruction.
Hungry People in our Nation
The richest place on Earth
Kids education and safekeeping
Not what they once were worth.
We’re five percent of the People
A Land of haste and waste
Who lost the vision of a leader
With a pride which is misplaced.
We want the cheap and easy way
Don’t care about the consequence
As long as we get what we want
We ignore what was our Conscience.
Our Government doesn’t care
And it seems, neither do we
About our Earth in its Death throes
And our fossil fuel dependency.
Oh, we all say, “It’s a shame!
We’ve got to change our way!”
But, when it comes down to it
We all want someone else to Pay.
We use a quarter of the energy
‘Cause most of the Earth’s pollution
And as long as Corporations rule
There will be no resolution.
There’s no doubt we could change it
If we would be so inclined
But, we’ll leave it for our Children
And “pass the buck” down the line.
If we don’t begin to care about
This Planet all of us live on
The Human being and most life
Will most all be Dead and gone.
Americans must take the lead
Since we are the worst offenders
Try to turn these things around
Before Old Mother Earth surrenders.