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An S.Y.S. (Save Your Selves/Species/Soul) message from Mother Earth

 

At the time of writing this piece, the world has seen extreme climactic events across the globe in the last month or so. The list is long including 1) four major heat waves in the Western United States and Canada, including record-shattering triple-digit temperatures in Oregon (116F in Portland June 29), Washington  (107F In Seattle on June 28) & British Columbia (121F in Lytton on July 2), 2) flood causing torrential rains in Western Europe (Normal monthly rainfall in 1 day, normal two-month rainfall in 2 days), China (Normal annual rainfall in 3 days) and Mumbai India (10” of rain in 24 hours), and 3) mega forest fires in Western United States so big that they are causing their own clouds and lightning and making smoke travel all the way to the East coast.


 

To all the members of human race, all 7 billion of you
This is Mother Earth sending an S.Y.S. message
I have been watching your profligate and destructive ways
Your incessant appetite for resources, no one can assuage

You have been polluting air and water, elements critical to life
Releasing ever more greenhouse gases with no end in sight
It is a race against time; the tipping point may be near
This battle against nature you can’t win despite all your might

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