A Lament for Futurity

Alan .S. Jeeves

I weep for trees and forests,

We laid them all to waste;

Will children have no air to breath,

No atmosphere to taste?

 

I weep for mighty oceans

We trashed them to the brim.

Will children of the life therein

Protract no place to swim?

 

I weep for northern icelands,

A thawing polar crown.

Will children of the Inuit

Become condemned to drown?

 

I weep for fields and meadows,

Poisoned long ago.

Will children of the landscape

Reap no seeds to sow?

 

I weep for men's futurity

Ere I take my sleep.

Will children of the morrow

Beget no tears to weep?

 

                             ASJ

  • Author: ASJ (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 1st, 2020 02:35
  • Category: Sociopolitical
  • Views: 57
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