AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 7 January 2014 | Views [337] | Comments [1]
On the way to the reef
The swaying palmsthe gentle surflapping upon the sand.A gentle breeze so keen to please slowly gusts across our land.Our island home is all we have known as centuries rolled by.Our island people stood alone on reefs so barren and dry.But as years go bywe wonder whythe shoreline is not the same.The things we knewas always truesomehow do not remain.The breakers break on higher groundthe outer palms are falling down.The taro pits begin to dieand the village elders wonder why.For what is happening to the beautiful isles we know?Tuvalu, Kiribati and Tokelauthe Marshall Islesthat place of smilesThe rising sea will reclaim our groundnothing but water will aboundour people forced to leave for higher ground.While far away they pour their fumes into the clear blue skynot knowing and never caring why the world is beginning to die.So land of our forebears despite how much we cared for youthe time will soon be when we must bid you adieu.
Global Warning Jan 9, 2014 10:21 AM