Mother Earth

(This is one of my earlier pieces not in acrostic form, but could
probably be sung to the melody of "America, the Beautiful").

Unbeautiful, for smog-dimmed skies,
For acid-laden rain,
For crumbling walls of Arctic ice ,
And rising ocean main...
O Mother Earth, O Mother Earth,
What have we done to thee!
Thy realm defaced
By toxic waste
On land, in air, at sea...

Unbearable, car-gridlocked lanes,
Refuse and fuel spills,
For barren hills, infertile plains,
For climate change that kills;
O Mother Earth, O Mother Earth,
Alas, what have we done!
We face the wrath of our own Sun
With our Shield almost gone!

Dear Mother Earth, we're learning how
To nurture thee and spurn
The spread of poisoned air, we vow
Lest all thy children burn!
Our battle cry, dear Mother Earth:-
Go green, go green, lush green!
Clean power for global rebirth.
Back to a world pristine!