Whittlers while away time with sticks and knives. 
Me, I wait with diamonds, scratching lines into the sky. 
Down, down, down, down, and then one across 
One for every hour that waiting has cost. 
Waiting in lines, praying for movement, 
Praying for a movement, temporary resolution 
Are we still, are we silent? 
Are we quiet, defiant?
I see our hourglass, and it is mine 
Time is not on our side, I'm running out of time 
Jokes pile up in boxes on my table 
The tales of our defeat stack up like fables 
Lost, losing, choosing not to fight 
Will we stand up, will we do what is right? 
And then; what is? What is our salvation? 
Will it come like rain, soothing our nation 
or will it come like a wrecking ball 
and leave us broken just like we were 
so we can pick up our photographs, marked 2031?
But when the stars align, and fossil fuels fail 
Will we perservere, or die leaving a trail 

I remember reading this thing about frogs. These people tried an experiment and found out that when you put frogs in a pot of water and slowly turn up the temperature, they stay in there. The frogs don't jump out; eventually, they slowly cook and die. They tried it again and this time, they turned up the temperature really fast and the frogs jumped out immediately. I feel like lots of people are like frogs. They stay and do the same thing while the stakes get higher and higher. The water levels get higher and higher, but not enough is being done to prevent this. Some believe climate change is a hoax. These people are like the frogs that didn't notice the temperature changing. Are you a frog as well?
 

Something in my life that I have deep respect for is climate change. It is something that I take seriously and is important to me because it affects everything I know, and I always thought I would be  sacred. And yet I see the rapid changes in the climate, already affecting ocean temperatures, melting glaciers and snow cover, decreasing sea ice, rising sea levels and ocean acidification. The increasing intensity and frequency of rainfall, hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires, and drought shows us the damage we have already inflicted on our planet. I’m saddened with every news report showing damaged homes, flooded towns, destroyed landmarks and loss of human and animal lives. Climate change is also destroying the atmosphere with greenhouse gasses. We can be compared to  “a frog in a boiling pot” with the atmosphere being “a heat trapping blanket.” The problem is, most people don't care enough to actually make a change.