Planet Earth - Quo Vadis? Poem by John Knight

There are six billion humans on this Earth
Each one a unique individual.
But no man is an island - on his own,
We belong to families to communities,
We go to school we are taught Faith Systems,
We develop a strict, communal World View.

By the time you are seven - YOU are YOU!
Fitting in, conforming, Bhudist or Jew,
Muslim or Chrstian, Agnostic or Athiest.
So many Faiths to choose from or perhaps none.
All MEN are born free, all are born equal
The same should also apply for all WOMEN.

All Religions acknowledge God the Creator.
He created humans to be responsible,
To care for the flora and fauna
To care for the fragile environment.
God arranged for the resources to be cyclic,
The management of these cycles is man's task.

Man is fitted for this task - because of his brain.
Humans develop slowly but surely
For seven years, then age of responsibility.
By that time he has absorbed much knowledge,
Also morals, values and a World View.
He is almost ready for self-sufficiency.

The reality is that man must accept
Responsiblility for his actions!
He must preserve Planet Earth for the future.
Everyone - not just carbon conscious Teens
But also including the very young and geriartic
God has given us the task and the brains to do it.

Global wwrming affects every body,
But not equally - the poor suffer most.
The water cycles is affected - Droughts,
Flooding -Too little water or too much.
In the economically poor regions.
The rich nations pollute - the poor suffer.

Ghia theory tells us the Earth is ALIVE
It is self regulating - self adjusting,
Man disturbs the natural cycles - Earth fights back
And adjusts the average global temperatre
We should all take careful note - one outcome is
THE EARTH MAKES ITSELF - UNINHABITABLE!

We should not be divided - fighting global terrorists
We should be together - fighting global anihilation!

(John Knight - Colchester 2009)