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Shed a tear and rinse our sins!

Let's shed a tear for all those trees we massacared to furnish our homes

Let's shed a tear for all those animals we slaughtered in the name of sports

Let's shed a tear for all the rivers we polluted
In the name of prosperity

Let's shed a tear for all the mountains we mercilessly chopped in the name of growth

Let's shed a tear for all the pollutants we dumped in the seas and suffocated the life there

Let's shed a tear for all the birds we made homeless to build homes for us

Let's shed a tear for all the bees who lost their way, for us to check social media nonstop on our phones

Let's shed a tear for all the forests that we burnt with the fire of our greed

May be then, when all of humanity cries together for the sins we committed for generations, may quench the fire we ignited in the breast of mother nature. 

Then may be she will cry for us too, like a mother who sees the repentence in the eyes of her devastated children.

May be then, we will earn her forgiveness and she will help us rebuild our lives and rediscover our connection with the larger universe.

And when we find that connection again, we have the chance to be truly free!

May be again we will cry tears of joy together and sing the songs of happiness with all the creations of mother earth.

Come my friend cry a river and wash our sins
That's our only route to redemption!

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