How Long?

This poem speaks of #globalwarming..."scorching heat of this arid desert" .... #overfishing... "this ocean we've bled dry" ... the constant cries for #peace throughout our world ... "how long before that Dove of Peace heals its broken wings" .... and #deforestation ... "in this burnt forest" ... #Amazon

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How long shall we wander

through the scorching heat

of this arid desert,

yearning for a quenching drop

from the cooling cup of the oasis?

How long before

all the tears we cry

are enough,

to turn the tide

in this ocean we've bled dry?

And how long before

that Dove of Peace

heals its broken wings,

and finds a sprouting olive

in this burnt forest?

By Adiela Akoo

From :South Africa

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