We are melting <br />As glaciers dissapear to nothingness <br />The vast waters stretch wider <br />Polor bears' begin an exodus mode <br />While they search on and on for a new abode <br /> <br />The sun moves inward <br />Or it seems to be <br />Human hearts sweltering <br />Snow falls in August <br />Society ponders <br />How can this be? <br /> <br />Animals, thirsty, run to the sea <br />What will happen to you and me? <br />Signs of desperate times <br />Homes lost to the banks <br />Soldiers dieing <br />In their ranks <br /> <br />Mexicans wanting freedom <br />Scurry over the borders fences <br />Searching for the american dream or start <br />American families being torn apart <br /> <br />Meadowlarks and sparrows <br />Languidly fly, to cleaner air <br />Only to find out, the tanks are empty <br />Their lungs filled, with smog <br />Is'nt life unfair? <br /> <br />Does anyone truly care? <br />Madness, sickness, everywhere <br />Am I the only one going insane? <br />Or is this really Princes' purple rain?<br /><br />Matt Mondschein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-countdown-begins/
