The Blue Marble

(Disclaimer- This post is titled after the famous photograph of Earth taken during the Apollo 17 lunar mission in December 1972 from space just before landing on the moon. The photograph was named "The Blue Marble" )


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With 70% engulfed in water and 30% land

We named it Earth, Our Mother Earth, and it certainly is not bland

Rich in minerals and essential gases from core to crust

Serves every species perfectly as it must

With harmonious heterogeneity of flora and fauna

From Japan to Alaska and Africa to China

This is our home, Home to all

Regardless of species, color, ethnicity, beyond borders and wall

We, the humans, consider ourselves best than the rest

Standing tall, utilizing ecological services like pest

Yes, the truth that is, the fact which remains familiar

What have we done to make our home cleaner

And greener?

The Blue Marble- Photograph by Apollo 17 from space in Dec 1972

Deforestation, Industrialization

Technological inventions galvanized more revolutions

Rapid population ascend, stimulated more needs

Driven humanity to kill for feeds

What’s now on is a war

Between ego and eco, that has made relations sour

Soaring carbon and ecological footprints,

Inflated green house gases and depleted ozone are ample hints

Space curb led many lives to extinct

Fertile soil flooding away due to shrinking woodland

Leading the oceans to swell and expand

Our quench for more, will soon leave us with no more,

No more peaceful woods and trails to explore,

No more ravines

Neither any pines

And no more valleys to follow

Just a giant void and a deepening hollow

Surrounded with concrete and burning sunlight

Absolute devastation, and contrite

For lost biodiversity

And elevated aridity

Let’s come together before it’s too late

Help Mother Earth flourish again, without any wait

Plant one tree per person and paint the canopy green

Follow the mantra to keep milieu clean

Reuse, Recycle and Return

Stop fossils to burn

Let’s avoid excessive paper, fuel and electronics

Thus reducing the carbon footprints

Start farming to cosmetics, everything organic

Let’s reuse and recycle the wastewater

Return what’s utilized and let others imprint

Let’s plan better future

For younger generations to come

Let them also have the woods to chase and trails to follow

Not just a giant void and deepening hollow

Earth is our home

Let’s keep it clean and make it green

Ring the bells louder

See the enchanting blue marble smile wider  

This post is a part of the initiative taken by Green yatra (http://greenyatra.org/). Now you can gift and plant trees online too with the help of Green Yatra. Let's start from our homes the change that we wish to see in the world.

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