REAP
Report - Mother Earth's dying cries
One of the goals and thus most important
aspects of Small Islands Voice is to encourage young people
to share their views on issues, especially those relating to
development and the environment. The voices of our youth are
crying out, but are we listening to what they're saying?
Mother Earth's Dying Cries
Last night Mother Earth came to talk
to me
She was crying... she said
Help me please I'm dying
But I thought I'm just a man ...what could I do?
She took me out and showed me everything that's happening
Take a look at all the pain and suffering
And I just couldn't neglect them, I had to show them to you.
Now as I looked in her eyes, I saw
the world through a different light
I wish the leaders would see and all pose a different fight
Cause the tanks and bombs, they only shorten time
Sometimes I wonder if they're loosing their minds
Cause as I see it, they only quest for money and power
Yet people die by the hour, they wither like flowers
Dying from hunger and thirst -- no water for miles
And the suffering and pains only darken their smiles
Polluting the sea -- removing the trees
Now how would we eat, how would we breathe?
Without the Earth here, tell me where would we be?
And I'm talking to you mom, she's talking to me.
Now I've accepted the challenge,
To help Mother Earth through her pains
And I'm challenging everyone to do the same
Because even though it's not an easy task
The more we pull together-more strength on mass
The more you keep thinking of what you can do
The further we progress, the more we make it through
But if we keep trying to ignore her cries of death
Then the more we're constructing our downward steps
And this trend can't forever last - pollution, confusion, corruption
She predicted destruction.
But if we all take the time to think
This world could become extinct -- in fact we're on the brink!
By Samal Duggins, (19 yrs) St. Kitts
and Nevis -- the Caribbean.
One Small Islands Voice.
Cook Islands News, 10 February
2003
