Believe

By Karen Cao

You and I have so much to say.
If we each wrote a poem everyday,
It’d take their breath away...

A thousand kilometres is pretty far.
But they tell us, take the buses, trains, boats, and cars.
Yet, why do our loved ones live so far away?

Our friends will laugh and sigh at us.
The problem seems so full of dust.
But they don’t know how we feel
Because they’ve never ever felt this way...

We care about what they put into the atmosphere
Because what’s below it is a gift that we all must share.
Those people in their SUVs,
Their socially constructed kinds of need
The driven lifestyles of profit-ridden greed.
‘You might think the world revolves around you,’
But no, it’s not true...

Don’t give up because of what they say.
The world is not very small today.
The problem may hold a lot of weight,
But be aware of our current state:
You’re not alone.
Believe there are others who share the same dream ...

So, here I promise you
If we can take on Hitler, and the ozone layer too
Then by the time you and I get through with
climate change,
The world will never ever be the same.
We will have the life we always knew we could,
With the dreams, love and hope we share
And it would clear us from blame.