Why, Mankind, Why?
Mankind! Long before your birth,
alluring was the beauty of Mother Earth.
She bore living things of all kinds…plants and insects, animals and birds.
All, an exotic reflection of her biodiversity,
A diversity you have chosen to destroy!
Why…Mankind…Why?
Mankind! Onto the face of the earth you strolled in,
bringing up the rear in all her children.
You were meant to be the pride of all creation,
but you chose to be the bane of life by bringing destruction.
Why…Mankind…why?
Mankind! To all life, Mother Earth has been so kind!
Like the mother hen she nurtured her little chicks with affection,
as she toiled to provide food season after season with dedication.
Even to you Mankind, she gave the best in proportion
Only to be sentenced by your actions in damnation!
Why…Mankind…Why?
Mankind! You were created to walk but you chose to walk and fly!
If only you flew like a bird, it might just have been perfect.
But No! You fly in all sorts exuding all sorts.
Now Mother Earth is filled with all sorts because you choose to ride in all sorts.
Why…Mankind…why?
Mankind! You have an insatiable desire to acquire.
You plunder the earth with impunity,
Oil, coal and iron you chase in disunity,
fighting even your own kind for control and quantity
just to live a life of environmental insanity!
Why…Mankind…why?
Mankind! Perhaps you have forgotten so soon!
The La Nina drought of 2000, the heat wave in Europe in 2003,
the tragedy of the cyclone in Myanmar in 2008, the constant melting of polar ice caps,
all a consequence of your actions and inactions!
You leave the problems for tomorrow’s generation
running away for your present tribulation.
Why…Mankind…Why?
Mankind! When will you repent of your evil ways?
When will you stop biting the hands that have fed you?
When will you love mother earth like she loves you…?
And stop writing her dirge with your actions?
Mother earth looks upon you with her painful eyes
Sobbing and asking you why…
Why…Mankind…why?
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About the Author
Christopher Ndubuisi is an environmental enthusiast and a climate change technical officer in a public authority. I believe our war against climate change has to be waged from several sectors; technically, religiously, educationally, poetically…just to mention a few. I like to send my message to people in different ways for them to appreciate the war we are waging…the war against environmental insanity!
Poem published on familyfriendpoems
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So sad and true but beautifully said.
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I read it and wondered if it would be to sad. Perhaps that is what we need to wake some of us up. We have clean-up days on our river shores every 3 months. It is public knowledge and it seems like people deliberately dump stuff there so we will have to clean it up. It gives me the impression they think of the place as a dump and let someone else deal with their mess. Perhaps I should print out a few copies of this poem and drive the point home to them. Who am I kidding, they would only tear them down and throw them on the ground. Got to run for now. Thank you for your comment, hun.
Have a very magickal evening,
Lady A
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