RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CLIMATE CHANGE
The Burden
The young carry the burden
The old must leave behind
What greater burden could be left
Than the one that we now find
A generation of negligence
We’re the ones who forgot the world
We sought out our own adventures
While the earth’s demise unfurled
We didn’t mean for it to happen
We just forgot to ask
About our role as caretakers
We neglected our basic task
You have a right to be angry
We handed you this mess
We can say we didn’t know
We’re not guilty we protest
We were seeking higher consciousness
And for some it may be true
But we failed to hold the horror back
Failed to push change through
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