Poem On Sustainability: Abstain To Sustain
This earth we live on
We need to maintain
Yet its limited resources
We scurry to obtain
From this approach
We must all refrain
Or we’ll be left with a life
We will fail to sustain
Oil and coal,Sand and gas,
Are all available
If you have the cash
If these resources
We continue to tap
All that we know and love
Will soon turn to ash.
The industrial revolution
Altered our fate
As factories and mines
Grow at an alarming rate
All that it gave us
Made us feel great
Without for a second realizing
We’re approaching hell’s gate.
Icebergs are drowning,
Seas are rising,
The heat is soaring,
And the cold is frightening.
Our ozone is depleting
And the core is bubbling,
It’s only a matter of time
Before our world comes down crumbling.
There is water all around us,
But it’s filled with salt
Our freshwater has disappeared
And it’s only our fault
Long showers and private pools
Just don’t seem to halt
Soon we will have to put
Even water in the vault.
It’s not too late
To hit the break
Take a cycle to school
You could even carpool
Use what you need
Don’t splurge like a fool
This is our last chance
To make Earth cool.
- Ishika Keswani
