Another Earth

Another Earth poem by Iris Carden

Suppose we found another Earth
somewhere out in space.
Would we care for it better
than we’ve done with this place?

Suppose it was all growing green
with blue and pristine, seas.
Could we minimise our impact
as we made it meet our needs?

Would we make the same mistakes?
Would just our presence sow the seed
of sacrificing the environment
to satiate human greed?

What if we learned some more respect
for the Earth we’ve already got in strife?
What if we learned to live in harmony
with the planet that gives us life?

There may not be another Earth
even beyond our Milky Way.
This place where we live right now,
may be the only place we stay.

And if we want to stay alive
on this planet we call home.
We need to change our wasteful ways
and try to fix what we have done

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