Pollution Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Planet earth lie dying
Long before you killed her
Choked by the putrid smell
Blowing from your nose

Planet earth is rotting
From the inside out
Corroded by the chemicals
That you threw into the rivers

Planet earth is drowning
In a pool of waste
Carelessly abandoned
In your backyard

Pollution, you are a killer
Stabbing my mother on the heart
Slashing her with your sharp knifes
You left gaping holes in her flesh

Mother earth shouts for help
Her broken body in pain
Her battered body in stitches
In a land of broken promises