The Warning Bell

We live in days of hurricanes

Floods and freezing rain

Forest fires and arctic winds

We humans are to blame

We took advantage of the land

With little thought of payback

It’s only now we understand

That maybe there’s no way back

The air we breathe is turning sour

We’ve known that’s true for years

We thought a cure was in our power

And suppressed our growing fears

Mother Nature’s getting mad

The signs were always there

We all knew things were getting bad

But we chose to stand and stare

I wonder if we still have time

To fix our past mistakes

Perhaps we all think it’s still fine

Just getting by with what it takes

When oxygen starts getting low

And clean water’s hard to find

There’ll be no magic place to go

We’ll sit and watch our lives unwind

Mother Nature’s warning bell

Is ringing, ringing in our ears

Wake up, she says, for I’m not well
Just look outside and feel my fears