Global warning
There’s real changes on out
there
global warning’s in the air
birds think winter’s spring
flowers think spring is in
there’s global warnings
for all to see
forest fires … lack of trees
phantom waves … rising seas
polar bears with deformed
genitals
brought about by industrial
chemicals
there’s global warnings in
the air
rivers flood through more
rain
others dry through none again
frogs are dying mysteriously
all ‘round this world for
all to see
there’s global warnings in
the air
pollution has no boundaries
clear
it spreads its poisons like
Chernobyl
often silent often noticeable
a horrendous price on natures
lovable
there’s global warnings in
the air
cities bulge and spew their
fumes
while country sides become
abused
through soil depletion and
erosion
open mines and closed opinions
market forces and debunked
‘isms
there’s global warnings in
the air
rocket science to frightened
fear
and a collective will by
more and more
to not become a festered sore
like ones that need a final
lancing
a putting down no time of
pasturing
nature’s foes exist no more
there’s global warming
in the air
now nature’s called will
we hear
her pendulum’s swing for
harmony
or ostrich like refuse the
call
taking nature’s patience
past it’s boil
there’s global warnings in the air
with one chance to see it
clear
these global warnings everywhere!
Daniel Howe
Copyright 1998 Point of View, NZ