Heatwave Poem by Katinka Havermans

When I walk outside the heat feels like walking into an oven
It has never been this hot, the weather person says
We have to worry about the temperatures, they tell us
This is not normal, everyone is shouting
Meanwhile, people are gathering together at the airports
Summer holiday is coming and they need to take a plane!
Fly, fly away from here, to even hotter places
Take a plane, yes go fly, everyone and wonder
Wonder why the climate is going to kill us all

The Earth is being smothered,
Melting with hotter temperatures than ever
We are killing her with our cars, planes, campfires, fireworks, and other things
People don't care about her, as long as they can do whatever
They want to do, by any means necessary
But when they Earth is complaining,
By an earthquake, or a heatwave
Then people say; oh, it will pass;
Climate change is fake news
But is it?

© KH