She\'s on fire!
Unable to put it out.
Smoke filling her lungs,
She can\'t scream or shout.
Some who can, know but choose not to help,
Maybe they think this does not affect them as well.
It\'s a crisis, but not enough to make the News?
It\'s been going on for weeks and somehow not many knew.
Slowly but surely it\'s now gaining attention,
People are raising awareness,
Some are signing petitions.
World leaders must act, or they\'re not fit to lead,
We are talking about nearly 400 billion trees.
Are they just going to sit on their wooden chairs?
Reading their paper books?
Drinking their cups of tea?
Enjoying the air they breathe?
While the Earth\'s garden, home to billions of lives,
Including plants, animals and humans alike,
Just burns away right before our eyes?
For millions of years she has thrived and survived
But the Amazon Rainforest is now on fire.
Burning for weeks at an alarming rate,
You can even see a lot of the smoke from space.
An estimated one million square miles now burnt,
That\'s bigger than every country but 9, on earth.
She produces 20% of the air we breathe,
That\'s a fifth of our air gone without those trees.
Whole civilisations, whole species erased.
This may be the biggest crisis of modern day.
Of course many people will now say thoughts and prayers.
But who will take action? Who will lead the way?
Donate to a cause or, sign a petition,
Raise awareness, may seem futile but at least it\'s something.
This planet belongs to all of us.
Whether you like it or not,
This planet is all we\'ve got.
We need her for life, and she needs us right now,
So #PrayForAmazonia but let\'s put this fire out.