Hymn to Gaia ( A poem inspired by the Extinction Rebellion )

Sand art, Poppit Sands, West Wales, 24/11/18

Hymn to Gaia

Rebellion is like a flower
it starts with a bud then spreads,
so necessary in the times we live
as the planet burns, firing catastrophe,
sea levels rising the world getting hotter
fossil fuels damaging the ozone layer,
the scientists keep saying it's going to get worse
it's all too much, such a fracking disgrace,
everyone needs fresh water and air to survive
but daily polluted by capitalist industrial complex,
in this age of destruction, hear the earth groaning
writhing and screaming from deep below our feet,
times is running out, but it's not to late to save her
together wild and free, lets protect mother nature,
on  bruised land, become rainbows of defiance
with cunning, tenaciousness, hands of resilience,
existence is resistance, carrying the scent of change
to invest in the future of the planet, we must rearrange,
with common goals, with so much desire to protect
it's our last chance to stop the damage, the willful neglect,
gaia  needs defending,with all our love, and all of our care
with action, stop the eco-system from being stripped bare.