We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children
When she asks you,
''Why did you give me a Hand-Me-Down world?''
What will you say?
That you had no control,
that you were powerless,
that it was ''Them'' who made you do it.
When he asks you,
''Why did you give me a Hand-Me-Down world?
What will you say?
That you loved your Jeep so much,
that you didn't know how to keep the waters of the earth clean,
that you couldn't live without your laptop.
What will you do,
when they feel the sadness and the anger,
of having to live in a world
that is falling apart around them?
Our ice is melting,
and we just continue on,
as if nothing is happening.
Is that really the gift we wish to leave our children,
the example we wish to be for them?
When the little girl and the little boy ask you,
''Why did you give me a Hand-Me-Down world?
What will you say?
What will you do? Now?
