Plastic Continent

©RichardBarnabé2011

By far and wide, accord is rife that sometime past the creation.

By far and wide, accord is rife that sometime past the creation.

From the great seas our form of life sprang and led to evolution.

And now Science betters our lives from industry come nice comforts.

And now Science betters our lives from Industry come nice comforts.

Manufactures are real beehives and round the world stuff we transport.

But we discard waste in the seas and are killing the great oceans.

But we discard waste in the seas and are killing the great oceans.

Risking in our foolish frenzy to be the earth’s last inhabitants.

Megatons of plastic garbage are adrift in the Pacific.

Megatons of plastic garbage are adrift in the Pacific.

And where is our moral outrage at this problem so horrific.

To spare our seas dying under floating mountains of detritus.

To spare our seas dying under floating mountains of detritus.

It’s high time for us to muster for a true fix the impetus.

If we don’t act and we let grow this continent made of plastic.

If we don’t act and we let grow this continent made of plastic.

Then we are in for great sorrow when Mother Earth gets too toxic.

Yes we are in for great sorrow when Mother Earth gets too toxic.