Only One Earth - Mohamed Ashjau

Selected entry of the Global Challenges: Hope and Local Action arts competition

Mohamed: ‘My poem draws attention to the climate and environmental crises our planet has been facing for decades.’

Setting our differences aside,
We must strive
In the battle against climatic change
With great hope and utter fortitude
To save the only one earth we have from catastrophe
For our future.

It is time
That all the countries' mission
Must be on taking action
With sheer determination
Against the emission
Of toxic gases
To save the only one earth we have.

It is time for world the leaders to be united
By keeping all the disputes aside
To tackle climate change
With immense steadfastness and absolute desire
To save the only one earth we have
Before our planet’s future is doomed.

It is only one earth we have
That we all must endeavour to save
Before it is too late.

We shall embark on planting more trees
And never destroy them anymore
To save the only one earth we have.

For the sake of future generations,

It is indispensable
That we close,
The barn door
Before the horse bolts.

With massive perseverance and persistence,
Each and every one of us must strive
To save the only one earth we have.