Dear Earth, Dear Billie Eilish

Part cento, part sensory poem with lines from “all the good girls go to hell” by Billie Eilish, “Feels Like Summer” by Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover, and the UN Climate Report.

This collaborative poem was crafted during a workshop facilitated by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto in partnership with Menlo Park Library, 14 April 2022, as part of the San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project (2021-2022).

Dear Earth, Dear Billie Eilish

This is not fiction
but a litany of broken climate promises,
a yawning gap between climate pledges, 
and reality
I'm hopin that this world will change
I hear silence
You can feel it in the streets
changes to our lifestyles
People care, and they’re engaged
I see lights
Birds were made for singing
I feel plastic
Slow Down
We are at a crossroads
I taste coffee
It feels like summer
I smell dust
Hills burn in California
It’s now or never
progress towards net zero
I make a wish
My turn to ignore ya
I hope for change
Don't say I didn't warn ya
I hear ya