Tell me, who’s tearing down forests, raping jungles as well,
Depriving earth of its lungs, turning earth in to a hell?
Who’s causing floods and landslides, by stripping our planet bare,
Who’s taking homes from creatures, and filling them full of fear?

Yes, who’s endangering creatures, and made some disappear,
When they’ve a right to life too, and the same right to live here?
Who’s plundering land and sea, with a reckless disregard,
Unbalancing and depleting, their very own back yard?

Who’s clogging the air we breathe, altering our climate too,
Via toxins, that car exhausts or factory chimneys spew?
And who’s polluting the land, our rivers, our lakes, the sea,
Via the waste they dump and pump, that ill health will guarantee?

Who’s damaging this earth, with their weaponry and wars,
Killing and maiming, both man and beast, almost without a pause?
Who adds insult to injury, testing bombs, missiles too,
That also stain our planet, with poisonous residue?

Who has even caused famines, spawned epidemics, disease,
Caused more destructive weather, caused ice-packs to thaw, not freeze?
Who has punctured the ozone layer, made temperatures rise?
The answers a simple one — it’s us, yes, we get first prize.

So, don’t go blaming God, as we’re to blame; that’s more than plain,
It’s we, who have made this mess, it’s we, who’ve acted insane.
We’re reaping what we’ve sown, it’s our fault, it’s ours alone,
It’s we, who are on trial, not God, therefore, we can’t moan.

We’ve harmed ourselves and others, trashed this world, fouled our nest,
And all because we failed to do, what would have been best.
Thus, we’re now in deep water, water that is rising fast,
Water that will engulf us, unless sense prevails at last. 

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Painting by Mary T. Hoffman - God's Creation in Art

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