The Laureate-Earth Day

Upon Life’s path few signs display

why countless souls have gone astray.

Yet signs are there for all to know,

should Man becomes this planet’s beau. 

{Pause, my friend, let facts flow free.}

The moon should guide you through the night…

polluted skies diffuse its light.

We all could share its pilot glow

if Man becomes this planet’s beau. 

{Pause, my friend,...waste less, and see.}

Stately mountains that guard your plain…

hidden by the air’s brown stain…

could be a gift from her trousseau

if Man becomes this planet’s beau. 

{Pause, my friend, smell Man’s debris.}

Extinction fears Man could abate

if to Earth’s plan he could relate.

The cup of Life would overflow

if Man becomes this planet’s beau. 

{Pause, my friend, and hear Earth’s plea.}

The rains of Life fall from the sky,

yet streams and lakes contain Man’s dye.

Life’s liquid still could freely flow,

if Man becomes this planet’s beau. 

{Pause, my friend, and taste Earth’s tea.}

Essence of Man lives in the soil…

ravaged by him for gold and oil.

Food for all could amply grow

if Man becomes this planet’s beau. 

{Pause, my friend, touch Earth’s bounty.}

You now know why Man went astray,

But each dawn brings another day

And future ills Man can forego…

if Man becomes this planet’s beau.

{Pause, my friend...to Earth pledge, “Oui”}.

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