Invasive Species, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

Pervasive, with every tree we cut
Our throats we slit, our lungs we gut
Plastic in everything we eat
The ocean continues to overheat
More frequency of flooding
The oil companies are hiding
The damage they are doing
The ice caps are melting
Summer heat is sweltering
Winter is retreating
Shorter is the season
And humans are the reason
Addicted to fossil fuel
The coal became our crack
Planet under attack
It won’t have our back
A victim of our own success
Putting earth under such duress
We created this mess
Time is running short
Grim is our health report

Distracted by our divisions
Politics and religion
Ecological destruction
Our home cannot function
Take your last breath
It’s profits for wealth
The knives in our chest
We’ll be laid to rest
We’ve unleashed the beast
On our misery will feast
Drill , baby drill
They’ll die on that hill
Suicide self inflicted
Greed has long since infected
Science the fools rejected
Unfortunately not unexpected
Can we save ourselves
Can well accept the truth
Can we save our planet
For the future of our youth?