PLANET BOUNDARIES

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DID WE CROSS ALL BOUNDARIES

I HEARD THAT THERE ARE NINE

DID OUR MINES AND FACTORIES

AT SOME POINT CROSS THE LINE?

 

DID WE CHANGE EARTH’S CLIMATE

DID WE EXCEED THE TIPPING POINT

HOW DID WE, THE WISEST PRIMATE

MANAGE THE REST TO DISAPPOINT?

 

DID WE DESTROY LIFE ON OUR PATH

DID WE LET THE FAUNA GO EXTINCT

DID WE IGNITE THE FLORA’S WRATH

HOW MUCH DAMAGE DID WE INFLICT?

 

SOME CLAIM WE POISONED OUR SOIL

AND NITROGEN CAME OFF OUR CARS

KEEP DRILLING OUR HOME FOR OIL

RAINBOWS END NOW IN BLACK TARS.

 

PHOSPHORUS HAD A NATURAL FLOW

BUT THEN WE HAD TO GO FOR MORE

IGNORANT WE ARE, UNTIL ONE BLOW

ONE DAY WILL SHAKE US TO THE CORE.

 

DEEP INSIDE OUR BLUE OCEANS’ ABYSS

CORAL REEFS AND FISHES SLOWLY DIE

WHILE WE MAINTAIN OUR PLASTIC BLISS

MORE WE DEMAND, MORE WE SUPPLY.

 

AND MORE, AND MORE, AND EVER MORE

BUT LESS WE’LL HAVE EACH PASSING DAY

WE CUT DOWN FORESTS FOR A BIG STORE

WE INVITE DESERTS TO COME AND STAY.

 

FRESH WATER WE’LL STRUGGLE TO FIND

WE OVEREXPLOIT RIVERS AND STREAMS

LAKES WE DRY, LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND

NOTHING BUT OUR LONG BATHS’ STEAMS.

 

LOOK DOWN, SEE THE WATER DRAINED

LOOK UP, SEE THE HOLES IN OUR SKIES

OUR LIFESTYLE CANNOT BE SUSTAINED

IF WE WANT TO PREVENT OUR DEMISE.

 

“OUR ONCE GREEN EARTH, OUR HOME

GOT WARMER”, I SHALL TELL MY SON

“OUR CLOUDS USED TO BE OUR DOME

BUT THEY COULDN’T REFLECT THE SUN”.

 

WHAT STORIES SHALL I SAY BY HIS BED

MORE THAN OF CHEMICALS AND DOOM

I WISH MY STORIES COULD HAPPILY END

NEW KIND OF FLOWERS COULD BLOOM.

 

FOR THE ONES YOU LOVE, TAKE A STAND

LET’S KEEP OURSELVES UNDER CONTROL

TOUCH THE EARTH, TRY TO UNDERSTAND

THAT DEEP THERE LIES OUR HUMAN SOUL.