Has our planet ever charged rent for living on it? <br />It shared its bounty, though some rules were implicit <br />How could we be so short-sighted and full of greed. <br />We may have to pay a price for this, God forbid. <br /> <br />Recklessness propelled us to break all the laws <br />And make plans in the name of progress full of flaws. <br />Now we have to face the inevitable consequences <br />Are floods, hurricanes nature’s way of taking vengeance? <br /> <br />Plants, animals and birds are completely confused, <br />They used to instinctively follow nature’s cues. <br />Sombrely, new inquiry commissions are being set <br />To examine global warming and the environment. <br /> <br />How does one go about checking pollution? <br />Take steps to damage control and find a solution? <br />You ought to be filled with remorse and penitence <br />Safe planet was coming generations’ inheritance. <br /> <br />its our reponsibility is to be a good ancestor, 'said John Salk. <br />but who cares we have got used to tight rope walk. <br />Our callousness and unmindfulness had no end. <br />What will we tell our children in our defence? <br /> <br />What will you say when your children accuse you. <br />Can you look them in the eye and say anything on the issue? <br />There is still time to deal with the looming crisis. <br />If we seriously want to avoid meeting our nemesis. <br /> <br /> Is it true, sins of the parents fall on the children? <br />There is no time to waste answering this question… <br />let's take a pledge today to save our planet. <br />There is no more time to be really compacent. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />John Salk was the person who invented polio vaccine <br /> <br />Revised 5.06.09<br /><br />Mamta Agarwal<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-wake-up-call-3/
