EARTH's CALL by: Melvin Banggollay
DTI, Tabuk, Kalinga, Philippines
E-arth, abode of life and heaven's glory
Entangles an ardent call for humanity;
A challenge that needs you and me
For in our hands rest its life and destiny
A-ll that he had upon its verdant valleys
Mystic mountains and natures tapestry
Now withers with man's greed for money
and undying desire to rape her beauty.
R-ivers, lakes and even its bellowing sea
dwells toxic waste from our industry
Poisoning its natural inhabitant instantly
and softly killing us with much malady.
T-he air we breath daily is full of impurity
from man's unstoppable polluting activity,
smoke emissions from cars and industry
and from other adverse effect of modernity
H-eaven's light spare us from catastrophe
As nature's way of paying man's cruelty
In exploiting her verdant breast and honey
To behold more wealth, power and glory.
