2020 A Year to Forget

Earth put a roaring halt 
to our empty rabid existence 
ceasing marathon plastic productions 
disintegrating worldwide stock markets 
shuttering ubiquitous greed

Earth put a roaring halt 
to our multimillion-dollar-games 
sunk crude oil markets to asunder 
stopped our titillating trophy hunts 
our eating bloody meat in hoards 
our cruel trampling of the land 
put an end to our soiling of the skies 
our tarnishing the homes where water-beasts are born

In one thunderous clap the Planet hurled 
an instant standstill to our haywire 
to our decapitation of mountain tops 
our butchering of tree-communities 
to our murdering sprees of elephant 
and whale, tiger infants 
and elders, mothers and girls

Throughout passing days of sirens 
our existence is halted 
a new plague set into motion 
our mass die-off 
launched.