HELP!
by Ezra Ekman, age 13
Save the animals, the trees, and the air,
the water and ozone which floats way up there.
Care for the environment which we all live in,
that can't help itself so we've got to pitch in.
All that paper and stuff that you just threw away,
could be recycled and you'd get a little pay.
All those things that are extinct are mostly caused by lack of care,
all those birds, flowers, animals, and fish are gone forever.
It's just not fair!
When the "improvements" move in, the wildlife moves out,
and will not survive without any doubt.
If we let them trash the Earth, all the animals will start to cry,
because they all know it's true that everything will start to die.
Not the whole world is made of evils, people of the Earth are starting to care.
If we all start to work together, the gift of life we all could share.
So now I'm done writing this one, but I hope that you will hear my prayer,
that everyone under the sun would stop and think and start to care.
Copyright Mendocino Environmental Center 2004
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