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The Earth is in pain.
It whispers, Stop! Stop!
But governments don’t listen,
they only chant:

Oil. Oil. More oil.

This is
the beginning of the end.
We say we create weapons
to save humans.

But instead we start wars,
ravage forests, lose our humanity,
and oil becomes a drug
to feed our addictions.

We destroy the land
in the name of protection,
still screaming
Oil. Oil. And more oil.

The Earth is begging for mercy:
Stop sucking my blood!
But governments can’t hear —
they live in a black world,

unwilling to see the colors
and heed the pleas
of the Earth.
She is waiting for someone
to come from the darkness
into the light to rescue what remains of her.

I ask myself, can we change the world?
Can we change ourselves?
Will we save the Earth?