Is it Not?
“Climate change is fake,”
You say.
“It’s just a theory.”
Oh?
Well,
A theory is backed by years of research,
Scientists guessing and
Gathering evidence.
But ignorance is a powerful,
Powerful thing,
Is it not?
“Greta is just a girl.
She has no place in politics.”
Ah yes,
The classic
Children Are Insignificant
Argument.
But often times,
As many parents will tell you,
Adults learn more from children
Than anyone else.
“The climate changing is a natural thing.
So what if it changes?
There’s no way to prove humans
Are destroying the Planet.”
I’m sorry,
Kind Sir,
But have you read the scientific journals?
Have you listened
To the scientists
Wholeheartedly
Backing Greta’s cries for help?
Your answer will be
No.
For ignorance is a powerful,
Powerful thing,
Is it not?
We kill each other,
We hate each other,
We mock each other
For our differences.
But tell me,
Does hatred change the world?
Does murder heal
And mend broken hearts?
Do bipartisan governments
Solve world hunger?
Do multi-billion dollar
Capitalist industries bring people together?
The answer is once again no,
A very large and
Resounding
No at that.
You say it is fake,
You support the raging,
Hateful,
Racist,
Sexist,
Prejudiced
Commander In Chief
Who denies logic
Because you want to.
Because change is horrifying.
Because the Old Ways
Fix everything,
Like they always have.
Isn’t that right?
But the Young Ones
Know.
The Young Ones know better.
They know better than to blindly follow
Propagandized government.
They know how to question,
They know in their Souls
What is right
And what is magnificently wrong.
It is so hard to
Believe
That so many refuse to
See
What is going on right before their eyes.
But,
Your Majesty,
So what if climate change is fake?
The worst thing to come of that
Will be to find renewable energy sources
So that we never
Fall into a
Mass Extinction
Again.
It is difficult to
Believe
The hatred flowing so freely from
The lips of the
Ignorant,
The Violent actions
Supported by those who refuse to
Open their eyes
And see.
For you
It is hard to
Believe
The Earth is dying,
And Her voice is fading away.
Her shoulders shake with Fear.
Her eyes well with tears,
Tears filled with the trash we've
Shoved into her.
The Earth pleads
And begs.
But you will not change,
You will not wake up.
You are old,
And you don’t have to take care of
Our Earth for much longer.
When you are gone,
They will have to live,
Or merely survive,
With what you have left behind.
You will not change
Because as soon as you
Die,
You will be free of
Consequence.
But ignorance is a powerful,
Powerful thing,
Is it not?