Some Men Really Do Just Want to Watch the World Burn
a poem
Sitting here reading, unfocused While the Amazon burns down
Fish are boiling to death in the sea The arctic is in flames too
the new normal Climate change is now
The forces and powers that exist in this world
Could put that fire out Could stop and heal the dying earth
Nations coming together Leaders using resources to
Make a change To calm the flames
But We know this
They do not want to They want it to burn
To see what they can do To profit off of
Whatever is left Turn the source
of the worlds oxygen Into another factory farm
Because somehow we live
In a horror film a bad guy villain thriller
with no reluctant hero waiting in the wings
we watch it burn waiting
Jenny Justice is a mom, Sociology instructor, and writer. You can follow her on Medium and at Jenny Justice, Writer. She has been recognized as a Top Writer on Medium in Poetry, Parenting, Reading, Education, Books, Racism, Feminism and Climate Change, so far.
