Earth, 2119

One hundred years have passed

since the Amazon's fiery blast

placed our climate on the fast track

to complete planetary crisis- unsurpassed.

The polar ice caps swiftly melted;

millions of species' existences thus ended.

Low-lying population centers were wasted

when the flood waters rose as projected.

As the power stations' roofs went under,

the newscasters predicted we all would hunger

and decline rapidly in number...

but on the mountain, we're built tougher.

High elevation farms survived;

newly temperate elevation was revived,

so primitive agriculture and livestock thrived

and our tiny group wasn't deprived.

Flood waters are beginning to recede,

as The Great Climatologist decreed,

but the dropping temperature will impede

our ability to plant and grow our seeds.

Soon, from the peaks we will descend,

the Long Winter with which to contend,

and pray we've learned not to reoffend-

for Earth is finally on the mend. Repent.