Douse

Set fire 

To our falling empires 

and towering landfills 

Set fire 

In the name of development 

In the name of commitment 

In the name of love and hate

And let the smoke fill your lungs 

And the forming lungs 

and the beating hearts 

of the foetuses    

Hold our new mothers close 

Hold the world for our unborn children loose 

Will we all die before we’re killed 

By the ways we betray 

and dishonour each other 

and our biomes

What is ours?