“Global Warming isn’t real!”
Ada Whitfield
I watch the polar bears lose their home,
As the Earth becomes a greenhouse dome.
“Global warming isn’t real,”
They say to me.
I watch the birds find it hard to fly,
As dark black smog pollutes the sky.
“Fossil fuels aren’t real,”
They say to me.
I watch green boas lose their lives,
As we cut down their trees, all the time.
“Deforestation isn’t real,”
They say to me.
I watch baby turtles in a trance,
In the huge trash pile the size of France.
“Sea pollution isn’t real,”
They say to me.
I show them all the evidence,
To put a stop to their false pretence.
“Global warming is so real,
There are fossil fuels, can’t you feel?
Deforestation hasn’t just unfurled,
Sea pollution’s all over the world,
So all of it is real,”
I say to them.
But they don’t listen.
“You just sit there on your phones,
While you destroy Earth’s creatures’ homes,
All of it is real,”
I say to them.
But still, they don’t listen.
“Why won’t you adults just listen?
You’re all trapped in tunnel vision.
All of it is real,”
I say to them.
And finally, some of them listen.