Eco Warriors Poem by Sheena Blackhall

Rabbis, royals, pundits, pupils
Students, workers, OAPs
In 60 cities folk wake up
To world pollution's certainties

Protests on deforestation
Protests over plastic waste
Protests as more populations
Become climate refugees

In South Africa, a ‘die-in'
Hunger strikes took place in Rome
In Brussels picnic protests sat
Australians danced, the protest's grown

In London there was ‘strength in grief'
Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, Jews
Held a faith bridge prayed and pleaded
For our future. We must choose

Greenhouse gas emissions causing
Floods and droughts and acid rain
Eco warriors march and rally
Give voice to the world's pain