By Renee Cail
For years on end
An environmental hell
Invades our very being
Heard the liberty bell?
Trees that hung
So High above us
Poisoned soil harms our plants
Can we quell this toxic dust?
I can’t breathe
Is it Something in the air?
Manufactured greed
Environmental racism’s ugly stare.
Generations come forth
Deliver your dreams
Your innovative spirit
Can save our polluted streams.
Equality evades us
As activists heed the call
Marginality is rampant,
Determination softens the fall.
The poor, rural, and of color
Are voicing their rights that’s good,
In a nation chasing dollars
And polluting our neighborhoods
Buildings suddenly appear,
Hammering away
Devaluing our existence
Another battle, another day
Nana left her garden
Decibels crowded her ears
Diesel trucks and drills
Brought her dry, warm tears
Keep on fighting
These environmental pains
Get off my land
We welcome environmental gains.
We will be blogging individual articles from The League Line, our quarterly newsletter
Link to Winter 2021 League Line: https://www.bredl.org/theleagueline/Winter2021.pdf
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