by Dr Zorina Khalid
12 June 2011
CONSIDERATION FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT,
WHY BOTHER, NOT MY CONCERN….
The ills of society
I’ve noticed it’s aplenty
People are selfish and not considerate
They just live life on a rampage
With not a bother or a thought
Did you not notice that?
Look at what’s happening to our country
Water use to glory
(Malaysia is tops in Asia for this)
Electricity wastage without feeling guilty
Because, I can afford to pay the utility.
Rubbish thrown out the window
Garbage clogging the drains and rivers
Lots of usage, lots more garbage
Don’t they ponder and bother?
How are we going to manage so much waste?
Toilets are dirty and with bad odour
Rubbish dropped on the floor, not my problem anymore
Hey! That’s the job of the cleaners
Such is the mentality of our people today
Trees are cut, hills are plundered
Come the rain, we get disastrous floods from mud
Lives are lost and disrupted
Lots of news and also anger
From the coverage in our media.
When it stops raining, taps are dried up
Again causing public furor
Finger pointing to find the cause
Or is this another God-given wrath?
Nobody seems to learn from past distraughts.
Haze returns yearly like a season
Causing discomfort and health disruption
More cars on the road, car-pool is not in fashion
Open burning is just frowned upon
No solid action to halt the problem.
This is my Malaysia
With citizens that are not bothered
Let the future be
I won’t be around to see
So why should I need to be considerate?