See the clouds, too weak to speak!
Without whom our earth’s laughter ceases
Yet we strike unkindly with unfriendly kisses
Knowing there is the abode of our hope of joy
See the waters, too angry to produce!
Without whom our land’s worth die
Yet we offer steady greetings of chemical concoctions
Knowing well it is an abomination to our living
See the forests, too gray to be green!
Without whom our native pastures are cursed
Yet we embrace it with utter disrespect
Knowing it is our source of pride and survival
Look everywhere, nature laments continually
Her sacred pride profaned by mass nurtured cruelty
Time to stop talking; time to start walking
Enough about international integration
Let’s attend to persisting promises
Let’s attend to neglected needs
It is time to proclaim attainable aims
Aims based on environmental ethics
For how long will we secure survival?
Yesterday renewable resources
Today global climatic change
Tomorrow tactics of harmful help
Never is there sound solution
And incessantly we do pay prices
Prices of no reasonable results
If only we could act…
If only!
© Kofi Adu Domfeh
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