Our mother is so beautiful.
She gives us all we need
but like delinquent children,
egotistic, full of greed,
we abuse her wantonly,
aloof, we watch her bleed.
All of the petroleum
she’s hidden deep inside
to sequester tonnes of carbon,
the air to purify,
is pumped up for the profit;
too few are asking why.
Most of us are ignorantly
buying dirty fuel
cause we can’t afford to change
an economy gone cruel.
Look around and ask yourself,
Who’s acting like a fool?
We know the rules we should respect
obediently-ish
but nutrition that she offers
is left rotting on a dish
while junk food fills our bellies
against our mother’s wish.
