Carry The World Poem by Bridget Hurley

Give yourself to a world worth saving.

In a minute’s wait, species flutter to the shadows,

Killed by negligence.

Unique life, passing unnoticed.


Minutes to days, to years, forever,

Delay not a second to action,

Or let a bird’s song be its dying notes

Suffocated by the cloud of ignorance that hovers over the earth.


The wetlands dry, glaciers cool,

mountains fall, polluted pool

The ocean filled with refuse of our lives,

Ending those of its inhabitants.


Nature is kept young by those who nurture.

Wait a moment, end the world,

The grace of the earth,

a luxury taken from our children by their ungrateful ancestors.