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As a young advocate for the sexual and reproductive health of young people, one of my concerns is how climate change affects individuals’ and communities’ sexual and reproductive health and rights. At the same time, I’m also concerned with how we as humans have affected this beautiful planet. If we reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases and deforestation and provide basic health services, the Earth would be a better place. Sometimes I think of the Earth as a living thing and what it would say. I guess that’s my inspiration for this poem:
I AM EARTH
The Sun sets the morning come
the rivers flow and the mountains roar
with the Greens bowing humbly to the waves
of the wind.
I AM EARTH
my fellows envy me
they wish they had you in them
with pride, I shall majestically say,
“I am wonderfully made.”
I AM EARTH
you, in who I have pride
has stolen my glory
and most of you without remorse
unable to recognize myself
I AM EARTH
no longer the envy of any
with the floods, women/children dying
with no green productivity
I AM EARTH
Oh! inhabitants what have you done?
you even put your kind in pains
I AM EARTH
you call it climate change
I call it human hate
cos something can be done and done
now
I AM EARTH
At least that’s what I remember of myself
who am I now?
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