The Sigh of Gaia
By: 王登顺
Hear the glaciers weeping
ancient white dissolves to grey
See the rainforests choking
their green lungs in decay
Rivers turned to poison
forget their ancient lays
While silent coral cathedrals
bleach and fade away
Islands spun from plastic
in our cradle blue now drift
A veil of smog has fallen
a starry gaze to sift
Names upon the Red List
erased by our design
The planet's veins are emptying
drained by hands not divine
The feverish waves are rising
the storms begin to swarm
This is no distant warning;
this is the present storm
A sigh of grief and mercy
from the heart of our one Home
A weary plea for wisdom
from the biosphere's dying dome
O hear the sigh of Gaia!
Our Ark our only sphere!
This scarred and precious cradle
holds all we hold dear!
The polar bear's last island
the penguin's lost retreat
A single tear from Amazon
makes our own souls bleed!
Must we wait for dust to bury
our own doorstep's light
To feel that every breath we take
is woven with their life
We forgot we are just one link
in the chain of being
Each demand for more
a future we are seizing
The streams that showed our ancestors
their own reflected face
Demand a debt of reverence
to heal this sacred space
O hear the sigh of Gaia!Our Ark
our only sphere!
This scarred and precious cradle
holds all we hold dear!
The polar bear's last island
the penguin's lost retreat
A single tear from Amazon
makes our own souls bleed!
Must we wait for dust to bury
our own doorstep's light
To feel that every breath we take
is woven with their life
This sigh is not an ending!
It's a catalyst for change!
To mend the broken pieces
to rearrange the game!
From the light we choose to switch off
to innovations' spark
From the conscience of the consumer
to the vision of the ark!
Renewable tomorrows
can yet begin to gleam
A circular existence
can redeem the broken dream!
Hear the sigh!And let it be
a clarion call to all!
To mend the cradle!
Answer our humanity's call!
For the light in children's eyes
and the untouched azure sky
For every living being
under the sun's one eye!
For the Children of Stardust
our covenant anew!
Act!Now!With love!Make all things new!
To make all things new