The glaciers weep, a slow, unending sorrow,
alcoholic tears dissolving ancient time.
Rivers swell with memory, green valleys drown,
where once mountains stood sentinel, now a whispered sigh.
The ocean, vast and hungry, devours shorelines,
claiming what was built on transient sand.
The sun, a fevered eye, burns the fragile skin of earth,
and forests, green cathedrals, ignite in furious breath.
Storms gather with a vengeance, winds howl with primal rage,
reminding us of power we have long provoked.
Species vanish, unseen, unheard, a silent exodus,
the intricate web unravels, strand by delicate strand.
We stand amidst the ruins, architects of our own dread,
our convenience, a heavy price we now must pay.
Prompt: Free verse Climate Change poem in 1000 words