This is Earth by Abidah bint Malik Hirzalla

This is Earth
Abidah bint Malik Hirzalla

This is Earth.

Plastics here,
Garbage there.
Pollution here,
Disasters everywhere.

It is flooding!
Let’s live on the hills they say.
Not realising,
Landslides will destroy it right away.

People are dying from blizzards,
Bushfires, floods and drought.
Heat, snow and desert,
Are in regions we don’t expect.

Is this Earth?

Earth the one we know,
A colourful biodiversity.
Of plants and animals,
One humanity.

This is the reality,
We must not refuse to see.
Climate change is deadly,
Action must be taken immediately.

Because once upon a time,
Everyone lived happily.
Without pollution,
All peacefully.

This is Earth.

This contribution is from Poets for Climate, a collaborative project among the branches of The Climate Reality Project in the Philippines, Africa, and Canada in support of When Is Now. The Agam Agenda, together with mentors from each branch, facilitated virtual Pebble Poem Workshops for Climate Reality Leaders every Thursday from 4 August to 1 September 2022. This is one of the many poems that emerged from the workshops. Read more.

Let’s work together

Wanna join our crazy team?

This is Earth
Abidah bint Malik Hirzalla

Thank you, Abidah bint Malik Hirzalla, for responding to the public call for poem seeds and sprouts! Every voice matters. Everything counts.

Let’s work together

Wanna join our crazy team?

This is Earth Abidah bint Malik Hirzalla

Thank you, Abidah bint Malik Hirzalla, for responding to the public call for poem seeds and sprouts! Every voice matters. Everything counts.

This is Earth
Abidah bint Malik Hirzalla