After ‘First They Came—’ by Martin Niemöller
First, they came for the rainforests,
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a forest child.
Then they polluted the oceans,
And I did not speak out
Because I did not live in the sea.
Then the Australian bush fires broke out,
And I did not speak out
Because I did not live in Australia.
Then the ice caps melted,
But we did not speak out
Because we were drowning too;
Do you want to know why?
This generation are pebbles on a beach,
Constantly being sucked in and pulled by our ancestors’ tides.
The crashing waves of societal expectations, an insane curriculum and you —
the Judgemental Media, chip away at us like a chalk cliff.
You have taken away our right to truth with fake news.
The system tests us until they say we are old enough and mature enough to earn a voice.
Hear us now or wish you had listened then.