For many reasons, the issue of Climate Change is about Legacy. At least, it is to me. It is about the kind of world I want to leave behind for the generations to come. I want to be able to say to my grandchildren that my generation is the generation that stopped climate change, that changed our ways, that set the world on the right path to mending itself. Here is my poem about the topic.
Legacy
This is about legacy.
This is about a why.
This is about “no I can’t control your actions but I will try because it’s worth it.”
This is about no more “how”s
no more assumptions
Only a window
Into why I want us to throw our stuff into the right recycling, trash and compost bin.
For real.
This is about a legacy, and this is about a choice.
A legacy of “no I won’t die from the chemicals in the air but…
I can know that each day the particles of air I breath contain
more C02
more greenhouse gases
more harmful chemicals
then it did the last time I woke up.”
And they may not kill me but one day
my children and my children’s children may not be able to breath
because of the toxic accumulation
of my
careless
choices.
It’s about a choice.
It’s about a basic choice
Do I throw all my trash in a trash can
or do I take 30 seconds
and sort it out
because believe it or not
that 30 seconds
makes a difference
and no I’m not perfect but I try
and I don’t want what happens to the future generations to be
my fault
no matter
how small
the fault
may be
this is about how excruciating it feels to watch
as people walk through the world
heads down
frowning
on the phone
oblivious to the beauty around them
it’s a message
it’s about power
and how we have more power than we could possibly imagine
It just needs to be owned.
By choice.
This is about legacy.
