three billion creatures killed
by bushfire devastation
leaves me gasping in sadness
for wildlife burnt alive
and while i also grieve loss
of human life and construction
amount of animals not escaping
incineration screams horror
and although i was outside zone
not victim to furnace
silent suffering as i ponder
still plagues me each day
nightmares of heat blazing
howls of terror from scorched fauna
brings on distress and anxiety
one year on no relief
and as i attempt accepting
extermination of three billion
i must endure deniers spouting
climate change is not real
politicians refusing
to place planet before money
confirms we humans who care
must continue to rally
stand up vote accordingly
against nature disappearing
weather changes now rapid
greed is always placed first
halt uncaring destruction
stop ignoring extinction
unsure how we retaliate
join together may help
throw scientific proof in the faces
of those who won’t listen
they refuse to hear figures
dismiss proven data
shout in one season of bushfires
so much wiped out forever
and will continue to vanish
if world leaders won’t hear
already certain by temperature
extra evidence a constant
whales increasingly stranding
elephants dead in the thousands
polar bears starve on no ice
forests shrink daily
koalas endangered
soon no fish in the sea
three billion creatures while mammoth
might pale next to the counting
if we add demise occurring
each second ongoing
and why do we struggle to feel safe
in earth’s current chapter
reflect on natural world ending
and the answer is clear