When once the Forest told sublime stories
Of shimmering sun rays and vast
green territories
Of scampering deer before they
became quarries
Alas my dear friend has fallen to silence
Her once towering trees toppled with
violence
Her colors no longer gleaming with
vibrance
Mother, your salvation was our duty
Now I weep for your perished beauty
Back during the zenith of your
splendor
The Sea recounted tales of his
wonder
Cyan waves tumbling in adventure
Crashing into the shore to which
they surrender
Alas my beloved pal has been tainted
With a dull brown shade his waters
have been painted
With heaps of trash he has been
acquainted
Mother, your salvation was our duty
Now I weep for your perished beauty
Mother, forgive the foolishness of my
kind
We have been cruel and greedy and
blind
We chopped and burned and mined
We exploited all that we could find
With only selfish thoughts in mind
If only we could urge time to rewind
Mother, forgive the foolishness of my
kind
Your salvation was our duty
Now I weep for your perished beauty
As humanity tears our precious home
apart
I sink deeper in the sorrow of my
heart
As our fellow earthlings are
eradicated
I wail to the sky, horrified and
devastated
Mother Earth, we did not deserve to
be brought here
Humanity has failed to protect your
biosphere
The ultimate hope is for us to
disappear
For our harmful actions cannot
persevere
Lest your destruction will draw near
Mother Earth, your salvation was our
duty
It is disgraceful and regrettable,
truly
That we were the very cause of your
perished beauty
