Green Planet Blues
by Michael Doyle

Working from the ground up,
It starts with our food.
To reach the winner's cup,
It begins with the right mood.

It begins with every bite we take.
We must repair what we break.
Policy and politics have not fixed our ways.
We seek out new methods for better days.

As with the old days of agriculture,
We must find better answers to nurture.
Hand in hand with developed technology,
We must give a nod toward biology.

Vegetation and three trillion trees
Have given way to mankind's industries.
This has pushed toward desertification
At the same time, aquifers head toward depletion.

From a lush, beautiful greenery,
Mankind too often desecrates the scenery.
The Earth has become like a frying pan,
Still, the best hope is found in man.

Desertification can be turned back to abundance.
Life can be respawned into resplendence.
The wisdom of nature defines the true mean.
This can and must be kept in the green.

Better, richer soil is the mantra to think.
Soil is among the best carbon sinks.
As it breathes in the carbon from the atmosphere,
Mankind has greater reason for hope than fear.

Aerated soil is like nature's good porridge,
The handiest way to achieve water storage.
It is the quintessential in-between life and death,
And so, we start here to restore nature's breath.

Soil is so much more than merely dirt,
And it's where we must start to remove the hurt.
Soil is sand until life-added becomes more.
In essence, it is regeneration's front door.

(c) June 19, 2026   Michael Doyle
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