The Amazon ablaze

The Amazon ablaze in a craze of flame

Burning our protection, questioning our salvation

Tree, leaf and branch, fur, bone and sinew

Swallowed by nature’s provoked wrath

Life turned to shadow, time stolen

Our hallowed sanctuary discarded and crumbling to the ground

As we watch, helpless, mournful, shamed

Will the world now learn?

Will the world now turn?

To the truth that a forest cannot be owned or disowned

That borders contort the human heart

That the world is one and the Amazon belongs to no-one

Nature’s greatest temple deserves the protection of all

That we may all partake of her pristine splendour