Voices in the Storm

Richard

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I’ve shown the facts, I’ve drawn the charts,
The ______ is breaking up, the Earth’s losing heart.
I speak ______ rising seas, of scorching flames,
But they turn away, it’s all the same.

Why won't they listen? Why can’t ______ see?
The planet’s crying out, it’s clear to me.
We’re on the edge, a precipice,
Yet they deny, they dismiss.

They say it’s just a phase, a twist of fate,
Ignoring all the signs before it’s too late.
They ______ of cycles, of nature’s way,
While the forests burn, ______ by day.

I’m tired of shouting into the void,
______ truth so clear, yet they’re so annoyed.
What will ______ take for them to care?
When will they see ______ future we share?

I’ve seen the reefs turn white, ______ wildlife flee,
The consequence of our own folly.
We ______ the key to change, it’s in our hands,
But ______ stands like shifting sands.

I’ll keep on fighting, I won’t stand down,
For every tree, for every town.
I ______ one day, they’ll hear the call,
And join the fight, before we fall.

The day denial hold hope ice it of talk the the they