So Many What-Ifs

Our gift this year to Mother Earth 
More governments beguiled by greed
Too late we’ll comprehend her worth

Again more climate debt incurred
Each broken record beat, repeat 
Our gift this year to Mother Earth 

We all should be on red alert 
Instead, her sources we deplete
Too late we’ll comprehend her worth

Our gaze, not crises, we avert 
Deep pockets buy our swift defeat
Our gift this year to Mother Earth 

Our home burned up for short-term mirth
A race to space, elitist treat
Too late we’ll comprehend her worth

Her plight denied, each cure deferred
We make the choice to overheat
Our gift this year to Mother Earth 
Too late we’ll comprehend her worth