Another Earth Day

The Earth is fragile, for—

we are turning hostile.

We call ourselves Homo sapiens—

the wise ones—

but our actions are worse

than creatures with no brains.

We laugh at the man

cutting the branch he sits on,

but what exactly are we doing

when we dig the Earth

beneath us hollow,

to raise skyscrapers?

We say the river is holy,

the koi is sacred—

yet, industrial toxic effluents

and household sewage

taint the life-sustaining water.

We say we love fresh air

redolent with fragrant flowers—

yet we poison it with

xeno-estrogenic artificial scents

from our homes and bodies.

We need food to survive—

but does that mean

we will drench the fields

with carcinogenic pesticides?

We are frauds and hypocrites!

I know the Earth Day will come and go,

but our annihilating actions

will continue every day—

until we ruin the future

of our precious children.

Let us pause and reflect.

Let’s think how we can change

our annihilating habits

and come back

from the brink of collapse.