Why Are We Waiting

Everyone knows animals can’t talk

So why are we waiting

Everyone knows one day everything will be gone if we don’t turn this around

So why aren’t we trying harder

Why are we waiting as the years go by

As everything gets worse

Until the day comes when everything falls apart

And we cry for all we’ve lost

Like it wasn’t ourselves to blame

Like it wasn’t us the didn’t pay attention when we should have

Like it wasn’t us that shrugged our shoulders and said “that's awful”

Then donated five dollars to a wildlife organization

And patted ourselves on the back for caring so much

Just to be swept back up in the currant of everyday life and forget it ever happened

But just maybe

We can start to care just a little bit more

Work a little bit harder

Make the world a little bit better