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You Won't Understand
May 29, 2018
You won’t understand until…
The grass is no longer green
The drinking water isn’t clean
You won’t understand until…
The air is filled with smoke
Everytime you breathe you choke
You won’t understand until…
The playgrounds are covered in garbage
And
The lakes are filled with oil
You won’t understand until…
All the wildlife is gone
And
Your children don’t know what a forest is
You won’t understand
That our Mother is dying
But you did nothing to stop it
You won’t understand until…
She has died
© Kristy H., Willow City, ND
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Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 31 2018 at 2:41 pm
Thank you for writing this, it was great to read. I too am very passionate about the environment. You have real talent, keep up the good work!
This poem talks about our mother Earth and how many people take her for granted. My life goal is to become an environmental advocate, so I include a lot of environmental and economic issues in my writing. I wish to educate people on ways to do the activities they wish to do without harming themselves or the environment.