Always been here
how many species have to vanish
how many life forms do we banish
before we finally begin to see
how violent we are, how greedy
tearing up our home in plunder,
raping the earth, our mother
what are we teaching our children?
to sow greed, reap destruction?
after we’ve lost the polar bear
laid all the lush forests bare
after the last whale is gone
animal habitats have been shorn
maybe we will begin to see
when it’s not too late, hopefully
the earth is not a chattel
to barter, buy and resell
the forest, the mangrove, the lake
is not ours to pillage and take
the earth is a home we share
with those who have always been here
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