Madre Tierra

The future looms ferocious
on this raging Earth and we hold on to la madre tierra
scream for climate justice
our bodies bare and fragile
against the surge
woosh shhhh
woosh shhh

Scream for climate justice
for our bodies bare and fragile
for the most vulnerable
along coastline
for the poorest
woosh shhhh
woosh shhh
shhh

Scream as they build
work live play condos in flood zones
develop / displace / gentrify
wash rinse repeat
woosh shhhh
woosh shhh
shhh
repeat
shhh
repeat
shhh

Scream for the shrinking polar caps
for the chunks of life melting
into rising seas

Hold on madre tierra
hold on
repeat
shhh
repeat
shhh

Scream for climate justice
for the mountain people
repeat
shhh
repeat
shhh
for the children inheriting
an uninhabitable earth
scream
rage
feel something