I am your life on Earth
I am the environment, so beautiful and pure.
I am life, but they want to kill me.
I take care of my sons and daughters, even if they don’t take care of me.
I help them breathe, but they just drown me.
I give them the beauty of flowers and landscapes, only for them to destroy.
I ask them to take good care of me, but they only take advantage of me.
I have given them beautiful animals, only for them to kill in abundance.
I look beautiful to them, but they want to tear me down.
I have given them many warnings, but they have thrown them out the window.
Warnings became threats and then their realities.
for desiring to drown me, I have warmed up their world.
For destroying my flowers and landscapes, I don’t give them anymore.
For killing my animals, I have hidden them, so that they cannot appreciate their beauty.
They want to change how I was treated, but it’s too late.
I seemed beautiful to them, now I look ugly.
I was their life, now I am their death.
Kevin- Fall 2022
Climate Action
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Spanish original:
Soy su vida en la Tierra
Yo soy el medio ambiente, tan bello y puro.
Yo soy la vida, pero me quieren matar.
Yo cuido a mis hijos e hijas, aunque ellos no me cuiden a mí.
Yo les ayudo respirar, pero a mí solo me ahogan.
Les doy la belleza de flores y paisajes, solo para que ellos las destruyan.
Les pido que me cuiden bien, pero solo se aprovechan de mí.
Les he dado hermosos animales, solo para que ellos los maten en abundancia.
Yo les parezco hermoso, pero me quieren derrumbar.
Les he dado muchas advertencias, pero las han tirado por la ventana.
Las advertencias se convirtieron en amenazas y luego en sus realidades.
Por querer ahogarme, he calentado su mundo.
Por destruir mis flores y paisajes, ya no les doy más.
Por matar a mis animales, les he escondido, para que no puedan apreciar su belleza.
Quieren cambiar como me trataron, pero ya es muy tarde.
Les parecía hermosa, ahora les parezco fea.
Yo era su vida, ahora soy su muerte.
