The Stars Are Our Future

 

(There's something about the underlying message here that bothers me. To say we are 'done with this place, let's go find another' is a cop-out. The underlying cause is too many people. Population continues to increase and we breed like rabbits. The Earth can only sustain a finite number of people. There is an urgent need to reduce population to a sustainable level with birth control. The challenge is doing this in an efficient but ethical manner. So why did I write this if the message bothered me? It appeared as a Letter to the Editor in my paper. I offer my write and views for discussion.  My solution?  Limit the Earth's population to a sustainable level, tidy up the mess we've made and enjoy what has been gifted to us - a most beautiful planet...... But you're just a simple poet Don. Needs more than one poet to change the world..... yes reader, I am sighing)

 

 

What are all those sky lights?

And what's that rock going across?

 

Science and books then entered

The masses read. And also wondered

 

Yes, we need to repair the environment

by stopping ourselves destroying it

from our innate greed and stupidity

 

Our planet is punishing us for this

 

One day if we don't move outwards

toward the planets, then the stars

we will become extinct

 

Either by our own hand

or by destroying the planet

 

The stars are our future

 

Don Matthews August 2019