Dear Humans
The world is falling apart while few of us seem to care.
The apathy is so pervasive it reaches into hitherto wild places –
they dwindle away before our eyes leaving skeletons and the homeless behind.
The ancient community of the Barrier Reef,
struggling against rising sea temperatures,
coral bleaching,
foreign species invasions,
overfishing and fertiliser run-off
is now being smothered in a sludge –
because we are not even looking where we are going.
Eyes tightly shut.
Exxon Valdez re-run.
Do we humans never learn?
Can’t we even remembered what happened only yesterday?
Our cities survive only because there are places were the clean water, food and air come from.
Do we treat them with respect and gratefulness?
How will we get back what we carelessly lose now?
Energy fuels our greatest addiction as a species.
The whole planet is nothing but energy,
yet all we do is burn it up, faster and faster…
Please handle your addiction.
Beginning now.
Today.
In Love and Hope,
One of Your Species
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April 20, 2010 at 7:17 am
Alison
Wonderful, Suzy! Straight from the heart, straight to the point.
April 20, 2010 at 4:09 pm
anne nakis
Apathy and indifference are pervasive regarding MANY issues, not just the environment.
April 20, 2010 at 9:19 pm
sgneist
I agree Anne, I only wanted to comment on the recent “accident” on the reef. Just my way of expressing my anger. Thanks for reading and commenting 🙂
@Alison Thx 🙂 glad you think so.
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August 12, 2010 at 1:11 am
Jingle
love your blog!
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sgneist
Thank you kindly 🙂
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