Thoughts and prayers?
Spare me the charade
Don’t pretend to care.
Thoughts and prayers
Are what lead us to where
We anxiously stare
Today.
The mercury is rising
Like the revival of
Nationalistic tribalism
Dividing.
How long do we stand
In the face of fury and
Roll over to political propaganda?
Enough.
I fear deeply, a
Vexing voice within me:
Have we passed the point of no return
Completely?
Creeks and riverbeds bone dry;
Former valleys now on fire; homes and
Ecosystems, all scorched by
Mother Nature’s
Ire.
Cities choked up on smoke
Clearly it ain’t some woke joke –
All along Science did denote
Crisis.
Apocalyptic ash-stricken air,
Our seething self-ignited nightmare,
Australia alight by the millionth Hectare.
Disorder.
Humanity all but mortal
Yet wreaks reckless damage
Soon enough irreversible…
Future.
Our country cooks in spite
Of Justice, fuelled by misgovernment,
Sell-outs driven by their coal covenant
Serving nothing but self-betterment.
Hypocrisy.
And no, your paltry hugs
Nor two-faced grin
Aren’t anywhere near enough convincing –
We see right through your carbon spin.
Thoughts and prayers?
More like a failure to morally care
“With your best interests”, they swear.
Deceit.
Fire after fire
Disaster beyond control,
Our borrowed time expired
Apathy taking its toll.
As the climate changes
The government stays put,
As the country burns
Their hands blackened by soot.
Who will lead us?
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