White Man's War Against Nature (Poem)

The white man wages war - The colours are raging red with bloodshed

A spiritual war against Mother Nature,
With ideas of superiority, destruction and resource extraction
Set on a delusion of infinite economic growth.

Recruit the colonies - their age old tactic.
They expect us to partake as warriors in their spiritual war.
But it is not our war to fight.

This fight ends with destruction and despair,
Other species have been systemically destroyed - Mother Nature is crying tears of floods and tsunamis. Indigenous peoples dislocated and seeking refuge in White Man’s World
Or deluded into thinking White Man’s Way is the only way.

The white people’s trendy plates of avocado toast and quinoa salad
Are fed by the blood shed of dark skinned workers in the countries they do not even know.
Oh, the dark bliss of ignorance.

The white people’s trendy plastic clothes
Are made in sweatshops by young coloured children who can barely feed their families
But the CEO’s net worth is in millions.
As the plastic flushes out into the oceans and chokes the fish, whales and dolphins -
Ultimately it comes back to our body.
We are all poisoned.

This is death and destruction.
Brutal, Horrific and Disgusting.
Violent.
Systemic oppression produced by Governments partnering with Cooperation at larger scale.
This is the end of the world - welcome to the Anthropocene.