The great barrier reef
\nyou can see it from space
\na vast undersea paradise
\nlost without trace
\nblame it on star fish
\nthe great crown of thorns
\nblame it on nature
\nhowever, she warns
\nrun off is up there
\nit certainly must
\nall of that pesticide
\nit does disgust
\nof course its evil
\nand sensitive souls
\nunder the sea
\nunlike the trolls
\non earth
\nlocked into dosh
\nlocked into profit
\nallow it to wash
\nover the land
\nand into the sea
\nits vile and complex
\nand dangerously
\nimbalancing everything
\neverywhere
\ncreating shocks beyond
\nwhat’s fair
\nthe corals murmur
\nthe corals die
\ntherein the problems
\nunderlie<\/p>\n
but now Big Coal
\nwith its massive plans
\nto excavate with dirty hands
\nto extract the coal
\nthat fossil fuel
\nand to exact an energy
\nthat is cruel<\/p>\n
on the organisms the life out there
\nwhere millions of species
\nare aware
\nof the place they live in
\nand die in belief
\nthey make up what we see
\nthe barrier reef
\na wondrous sight we can see from space
\nthis is where
\nthis is something we all must face<\/p>\n
the corporate monsters
\njust entities
\nthey have no heart
\nor soul
\nthey seize whatever opportunity
\nthere is to take control
\nthey muster and they bluster
\nand for what, to extract coal<\/p>\n
and, they have all the arguments
\nand, they have all the power
\nand, they have lots of backing
\nattacking that great brain
\nthat rules them that just drives them
\nits profit, profit, profit
\nits about what they can gain<\/p>\n
what others lose doesn’t matter
\nits not even in the frame
\nand they have a lot of money
\nso the rules are not the same
\nthere’s those who care
\nabout the world, the planet
\nthe resource
\nand those who like the money
\nand their ideas they will force<\/p>\n
to me its so alarming
\nhow the engine in them turns
\nthey would take a pristine life force
\nand watch it as it burns
\nsee it crumble see it die
\nand, they wouldn’t even sigh
\nlose no sleep no prophets here
\nno long term thinking
\nthat’s now clear<\/p>\n
The Barrier Reef of course its great
\nAustralia just don’t take the bait
\nwhatever they tell you it isn’t true
\nand the long term damage that it will do
\nits insupportable its just too vile
\nto imagine, its just off the dial
\nBig Coal I’m sorry that we gave you
\nthe power to run roughshod and to screw
\nthe natural world, and think nothing, we
\nwere not living with integrity<\/p>\n
the prediction I can’t think about
\nthis phenomena there is now no doubt
\nas witnesses to the coming pain
\neach incarnation would be in vain
\nexperiencing our insanity
\nof why it happened actually
\nhow our judgement had reached such a low
\nhow enmeshed in guilt we had joined the flow<\/p>\n
regrets mean nothing when all is lost
\nwhen the power you had has clearly cost
\neverything you had had, and felt
\nas once beside a grave, you knelt
\nremembering what you gave away
\non what was just a sunny day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The great barrier reef you can see it from space a vast undersea paradise lost without trace blame it on star fish the great crown of thorns blame it on nature however, she warns run off is up there it … Continue reading