Is It Not?

“Climate change is fake,”

You say.

“It’s just a theory.”

Oh?

Well,

A theory is backed by years of research,

Scientists guessing and

Gathering evidence.

But ignorance is a powerful,

Powerful thing,

Is it not?

“Greta is just a girl.

She has no place in politics.”

Ah yes,

The classic

Children Are Insignificant

Argument.

But often times,

As many parents will tell you,

Adults learn more from children

Than anyone else.

“The climate changing is a natural thing.

So what if it changes?

There’s no way to prove humans

Are destroying the Planet.”

I’m sorry,

Kind Sir,

But have you read the scientific journals?

Have you listened

To the scientists

Wholeheartedly

Backing Greta’s cries for help?

Your answer will be

No.

For ignorance is a powerful,

Powerful thing,

Is it not?

We kill each other,

We hate each other,

We mock each other

For our differences.

But tell me,

Does hatred change the world?

Does murder heal

And mend broken hearts?

Do bipartisan governments

Solve world hunger?

Do multi-billion dollar

Capitalist industries bring people together?

The answer is once again no,

A very large and

Resounding

No at that.

You say it is fake,

You support the raging,

Hateful,

Racist,

Sexist,

Prejudiced

Commander In Chief

Who denies logic

Because you want to.

Because change is horrifying.

Because the Old Ways

Fix everything,

Like they always have.

Isn’t that right?

But the Young Ones

Know.

The Young Ones know better.

They know better than to blindly follow

Propagandized government.

They know how to question,

They know in their Souls

What is right

And what is magnificently wrong.

It is so hard to

Believe

That so many refuse to

See

What is going on right before their eyes.

But,

Your Majesty,

So what if climate change is fake?

The worst thing to come of that

Will be to find renewable energy sources

So that we never

Fall into a

Mass Extinction

Again.

It is difficult to

Believe

The hatred flowing so freely from

The lips of the

Ignorant,

The Violent actions

Supported by those who refuse to

Open their eyes

And see.

For you

It is hard to

Believe

The Earth is dying,

And Her voice is fading away.

Her shoulders shake with Fear.

Her eyes well with tears,

Tears filled with the trash we’ve

Shoved into her.

The Earth pleads

And begs.

But you will not change,

You will not wake up.

You are old,

You don’t have to take care of

Our Earth for much longer.

When you are gone,

They will have to live,

Or merely survive,

With what you have left behind.

You will not change

Because as soon as you

Die,

You will be free of

Consequence.

But ignorance is a powerful,

Powerful thing,

Is it not?