Ode to a planet

We test your trust,
drag you down,
use you up.
We create havoc with your weather.
We love you, we need you, yet we abuse you.
Our planet is dying...
"Whatever."

Your greatness is taken for granted,
Your planetary plight is ignored.
Perniciously we plundered mindlessly.
We manoeuvred and we messed
with you for our wares.

Mammonism rules, 

And so you are dying.
"Who cares?"

Sue Fewster 2009