Energy doesn't have to hurt people
Energy doesn't have to cause people to leave the land
That they grew up on
That their parents grew up on
It's not worth it
Methane popping up in people's water
Lighting on fire by the touch of a match
This is not a natural occurrence
A pocked landscape
Covered with places cleared from bushes and trees
For wells
Of oil
I just learned that solar, wind power and hydro electricity could cover all the energy demands of the world
What are we waiting for?
Are we waiting for corporations to realize
That their money is not worth the fate of the earth
The fate of all the young people who didn't start
This
Enormous
Mess?
What are we waiting for?
Are we waiting
For the government
The oil companies
The coal companies
To understand that their money
Their lobbying
Their non-disclosure agreements
Are not worth the suffering
The pain
And the frustration of all the people not old enough to vote
This is the only world we have
If we hurt it
There will be nothing left
There are so many problems
Issues
Ideas
Wishes
Movements
That we can fix
That we can fight for
But if we dobn't have a healthy planet that we can call home
We won't be able to fight for anything else
Energy doesn't have to cause people to leave the land
That they grew up on
That their parents grew up on
It's not worth it
Methane popping up in people's water
Lighting on fire by the touch of a match
This is not a natural occurrence
A pocked landscape
Covered with places cleared from bushes and trees
For wells
Of oil
I just learned that solar, wind power and hydro electricity could cover all the energy demands of the world
What are we waiting for?
Are we waiting for corporations to realize
That their money is not worth the fate of the earth
The fate of all the young people who didn't start
This
Enormous
Mess?
What are we waiting for?
Are we waiting
For the government
The oil companies
The coal companies
To understand that their money
Their lobbying
Their non-disclosure agreements
Are not worth the suffering
The pain
And the frustration of all the people not old enough to vote
This is the only world we have
If we hurt it
There will be nothing left
There are so many problems
Issues
Ideas
Wishes
Movements
That we can fix
That we can fight for
But if we dobn't have a healthy planet that we can call home
We won't be able to fight for anything else
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