T. A. Hateley
1998

"ONE DAY SOON"
    
Today I’m feeling moody and down
‘Cos the once blue/green seas
have turned a filmy, murky brown.
What do you feel or care?
If the earth of trees, it’s bare.

The world is overheated and the sun is hot
About the future, you just forgot.
Our rivers and oceans house no life, only a
festered stink,
Birds and animals, for them to breathe, you
didn’t even think.

Plastic items, [to save money] you didn’t
keep,
You only bought them on special, cheap.
Away, you did throw
Now, the trees, plants and grass won't grow.
This world you took for granted, is years,
millions old
And you were careless, ruthless and bold.
Your throw away style of life
Has made it hard and full of strife.

Now the earth’s dead, decaying and barren
But you and your carelessness, aptly carry
on
Throwing your recyclables away
Lucky if we survive another day.

Your great-grand kids will never know
How it felt to taste the fresh food, we could
once grow
In days long gone.
Did you need it written in neon?

Don’t worry about the destructive muck
Why not pass the malignant buck
You will say with a smile and no shame,
"It’s the ozone layer, that’s to blame".