Hurricanes
batter the Caribbean
Tear
through Florida
Like
a thresher
Earthquakes
hit Mexico
Burying
whole towns
The
sub-continental monsoons
Drown
thousands
In
Pakistan and India
And
when the wind dies down
The
tides recede
All
the debris
Gets
bulldozed into a hole
So
we can build again
Safe
in the knowledge
This
was a 1 in 100 year event
Only
now it happens every 10 years
And
soon every year
So
we dig more holes in which to bury
Any
dreams of a stable future
Where
crops can be grown
Families
raised
Lives
lived
Hope
realised
All
of it bulldozed again
Into
holes in the ground
And
one has to ask
Where
do the holes full of waste end
And
the real living earth begin
As
the planet warms
And
storms gather strength
Our
own government pinning it hopes
On
coal, again
We
must ask how much
Political
strength is left
To
avoid a global catastrophe
We
could wipe ourselves out
Through
sheer stupidity
We
have tried it before
And
come close
I
am wondering what
It
will take for those in power
To
realise they too
Will
lose that which they love most
©
Shaun Green 2017
