Flora And Fauna Poem by Seth Yuhi Musinga

The earth is a truly incredible place,
but its environment is taken for granted.
The natural beauty of seas and forests are beyond compare,
and yet we continue to pollute and corrupt them.

We depend on our environment for our very existence,
while all the while we continue to destroy it for materialistic gain.
Humanity wishes to thrive, we need to learn to protect,
and embrace this planet and not work against it.

The plants in the highland give us fresh air to inhale,
robbed of her very own-her plants, her animals, her gems,
Seabirds circle above the darkened water,
beholding the water's repelling betrayal.

We no longer listen to what the earth,
its atmospheric phenomena and all its living forms,
its mountains, rain, wind and valleys,
and all the flora and fauna of the planet are telling us.