Empty streets with broken lives Abandoned cars that no one drives Hoping this never occurs again That nothing will ever be the same
Solitude will be the norm Far-fetched, but soon will all conform Beaches a dream, no bathing in the rain Nothing again will ever be the same
The world might stop but time ‘ll go on It’ll all be the same, the dusk and the dawn Happiness might seem to be in vain So bad, is it for things to be the same?
Mother Earth will slowly heal herself You’ll learn, you need none but yourself The loss indeed is nothing against the gain So yes, nothing again will ever be the same
In fleeting time, there’ll be massive change And true right now, might seem so strange But in the end fate will explain Why it’s so important nothing stays the same
We were draining our planet just months ago It wasn’t a hoax, as statistics will show We’ll survive this pandemic if we just abstain Though nothing will be the same again
The virus will pass, though some will be lost But we have to pay this horrendous cost So that our planet survives and be ours again Then things will be better though never the same
There
is no planet B: How will climate change affect you and your community?
“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty
words. And yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are
dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass
extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal
economic growth. How dare you!”- Greta Thunberg
With
her environmental activism this 17 year old Swedish student shook the world with
her impassioned speech about Climate Change that has become one of the world’s
most pressing issues.
What
is climate change? When the average climate of a place changes with new weather
patterns, usually through the effect of greenhouse gases, it is known as
climate change. Today, because of the excessive release of carbon dioxide in
the air, the earth is warming up at incredible rates and the melting of
icecaps, surge of heat waves and other climatic disasters have become normal. New
climatic disasters have spread fear among people. A great example of this would
be the fire tornadoes observed during the worst ever wild bush fires of Australia
and turbulent wind conditions. Millions of people are already suffering from
the disastrous effects of climate change, from the droughts in Africa to
tropical storms in Southeast Asia. Not to forget the extreme heat waves in
countries such as Pakistan.
It
is a fact that we don’t have a planet B and that this earth is the only one we
have. Though efforts have been made to find another planet with a similar
climate as our earth, or to colonize other planets like Mars, this is still a
far-fetched dream. The earth is deteriorating fast and we need to save it since
we have no other options.
Now
moving to the topic at hand. How will climate change affect me and my generation
and the generations to come? I am an early teenager, yet to explore the world
and just beginning to start my journey in this amazing game of life. But life’s
opportunities are being taken away from me, from us, from children. We are
being stripped of our future and the government is ignoring our cries. Today,
it’s the kids, the “careless” teenagers that are fighting for the future of
this planet while “responsible” adults turn a blind eye and ignore the issue, putting
it on the back-burner. That young activist Greta Thunberg made her
transatlantic carbon-free voyage on a
yacht just to raise awareness in the media and government
sectors through more than 60 world leaders who attended the UN
Climate Summit in New York. It shouldn’t be so that youngsters have
to leave their education to fight for their future. You say we kids don’t know what we are talking
about; that we don’t understand the issues of this world. Then, may I ask you
to make us understand. Explain what could possibly be more important than
saving our planet from this impending destruction? But you don’t care. You
adults will not be here when the air is too toxic to breathe or when we run out
of drinking water. You won’t be here to witness the destruction that you and
the generations before you have brought to this planet. I won’t have a future
because of the destruction which you my fathers and forefathers have caused.
Now how will climate change affect my generation? I
am from the sub-tropical country of Pakistan and our economy is dependent on
our agricultural sector. To look at it this way, with an increase in temperature,
change in precipitation
pattern and more extreme weather conditions the production of agriculture will
decrease. The loss of GDP will in turn increase the debts we owe to other
countries and will be a source of escalating problems. Melting of glaciers in
the Himalayas will be a cause of land sliding and multiple disasters in the
foothills. This will also increase the volume of the rivers in Pakistan,
threatening flooding and increase in the flow rate. Pakistan is not the primary or a major source
of greenhouse gas emissions, yet, we have to bear the brunt of the crisis. The fear of extreme weather, droughts, erratic
monsoon rains that will cause flash floods, increased health risks and climate
induced migration, increase in saline water in the Indus delta, etc. are also
major issues. The elevated sea level will threaten the coastal areas.
Climate
change is a big issue, affecting each one of us in a personal, national and
international way. Our dear planet, the epitome of life is sinking under water
and we are doing nothing about it. There are actions and measures that we can undertake
to help save our planet, such as walking instead of driving, reducing and
reusing things as much as possible, washing your clothes in cold water as well
as hanging them out to dry, unplugging electronic gadgets when they’re not in
use, eating less meat and dairy, finding alternatives to indoor heating and air
conditioning, etc.
“Carbon is rising, Our planet is dying, We need to save it, We aren’t even trying, Oh dear adults, Just quit lying, The earth is slowly burning up”
Sun – Earth and Moon ~ metaphors the ultimate love
Poetry by Tirzah Shams
The whole system worshiped her beauty She was the goddess of the sky Her greens and blues entranced all With chocolate eyes and smiles, sly
Those from far away and close Referred to her as earth And Mars and Venus by her side Only just increased her worth
Earth had captured one in particular Whom circled her day and night Moon saw the beauty inside of her And he was attracted to her light
For the universe was filled with millions of beauties With some big and some small With diamond rains on some of them And some experiencing none at all
And some even tried to copy Earth But they could never reach her level For this young maiden was an epitome of life She was truly something special
But even earth had her flaws And one of them was falling for him Sun, the player and the mischief Who made her life so grim
She chased him around years on end She loved only this lucky star And before she knew, she was in a circle She was gone too far
And one day the sun exploded In a cloud of fiery dust And took the lives of those near him And thus repaid their trust
And two of the casualties were the beauty And her young enthusiast Earth and Moon could have lived If they didn’t love, they would last
They were prepared to lay their lives
To leave a better future for me
But you told the world that this was just a hoax
You made them no longer free
They kept on fighting until you took away
Their arms and legs that fought
That’s when they really started to speak
Something you easily forget
So you trapped them in a cage of their own words
And erased what was left of their fight
You thought you subdued the spark that they had
The one you just helped ignite
You might have thought you took away
Each weapon that they owned
And for this reason the war had stopped
But No! No, no. It was simply postponed
This war begun with Adam and Eve
And won’t stop, till the end of time
Today is for every woman who fought
Against this deadly crime
