I see an empty sky, brown lawns,
I see a landscape without flowers
or trees —
just dust and fire.
The sun is blazing hot.
I see baby birds dying in their nests,
penguins washing up lifeless on the sand,
cattle dropping to the ground and
crops withering in the fields.
There is no more water.
I see a beautiful world pushed
to the point of no return,
and I see people
turning away from the images.
There is no other planet.
I want to open my window,
scream and plead:
time is running out,
we have to do something!
Our planet needs us and we need our planet.
This poem makes me wonder about the new images from the space telescope and the possibility that there may be more than just our planet