Doomsday

Have we really, truly done all of
that? And more, grimly assure
environmental scientists, those
who have scrutinized the evidence
and found us wanting in respect,
duty and gratitude to the very Earth
that sustains us in the corner of
our galaxy, in a minute portion of
the Universe, that is our home.

We have closed the door on our 
own evolutionary pathway in
the most extraordinarily cavalier
manner, as though it hardly matters
whether we are reliant on water, 
air, food supply, shelter and energy
of such a quality as to sustain us
and propel us into a future we 
have sadly forfeited. For it is we

who have burdened ourselves with
a home that cannot support its
living organisms, chiefly ourselves.
Damming and diverting rivers,
wasting natural water runoff,
hacking down our forests, 
poisoning our atmosphere,
acidifying and warming the oceans.

Making life impossibly hostile for 
both man or beast. Our foully forlorn 
gift to the universal world of Nature.