Who Cares?

Who cares if the earth becomes

Uninhabitable in so many years?

Who cares if the Antarctic

And Arctic ice disappears?

 

Who cares if worldwide

The ocean's coral reefs are dying?

Who cares if extreme weather

Around the world's intensifying?

 

Who cares if coastal areas

Become flooded as sea levels rise?

Who cares if we must see

The rain forests' tragic demise?

 

Who cares if methane's released

From melting Arctic permafrost?

Who cares if global chaos

Causes countless lives to be lost?

 

Who cares if instability

Causes huge worldwide migrations?

Who cares what we leave

Behind for future generations?

 

Who cares if temperature

Extremes "cook" parts of the earth?

Who cares if crops fail

Because the land's of little worth?

 

Who cares if our warming planet

Allows for a greater spread of disease?

Who cares if the temperature

On earth rises a few degrees?

 

Who cares who suffers from

Particle and plastic pollution?

Who cares if leaders fail

To seek a climate change solution?

 

I care! We all should.

This is the only home we possess.

Complacency is dangerous.

Heed the call of the SOS!

 

-by Bob B (4-16-19)