Poem - Earth's Frozen Tears

Earth’s Frozen Tears: A Wake-Up Call Written in Melting Ice.

In northern silence, where white winds roam,

Lies Earth’s pale sorrow, its ice-bound home.

Glaciers weep in fractured sighs,

Beneath pale moons and darkened skies.

Once proud and endless, these frozen plains,

Now sing of loss in soft refrains.

Their ancient voices, once sealed in frost,

Now break and crumble, counting cost.

Where snowflakes danced in virgin flight,

Now meltwaters rush with furious might.

Arctic edges bleed away,

While southern glaciers, too, decay.

The polar bears, on shrinking floes,

Stand as monuments to what we chose.

With eyes like glass, they search in vain,

For ice, for fish, for life again.

The tundra shakes with muffled groans,

Permafrost cracks with buried bones.

Methane whispers from earthen seams,

Igniting long-forgotten dreams.

The penguins waddle on thinning ice,

Their colonies breaking, a rolling dice.

Krill scatter as oceans warm,

Disturbing life, dismantling form.

Greenland sobs in summer sun,

Where ancient snow should never run.

Its frozen heart, now liquefied,

Rushes to meet the rising tide.

Antarctica’s cliffs, majestic and sheer,

Now crumble fast like Earth’s own fear.

Icebergs drift like wandering souls,

Carving death in liquid shoals.

Coral reefs, though far away,

Feel the grief of glaciers' sway.

For oceans swell with bitter tears,

Erasing coastlines year by year.

Storms grow fierce, with sharpened teeth,

As waters rise from lands beneath.

Cities sleep in careless pride,

Unaware of the turning tide.

In Himalayan vaults of white,

Sacred rivers lose their fight.

Ganga, Yangtze, Mekong too,

Feel the drought of a glacier’s view.

The Andes bow in solemn grace,

As snowy crowns lose their place.

Farmers pray where streams once ran,

Dry earth now slips through hardened hands.

Voices of science, hoarse and worn,

Cry out warnings, oft forlorn.

Yet commerce drowns their earnest song,

While time moves steadily along.

We trade tomorrow for today,

Burning futures for fleeting pay.

Carbon shadows fill the air,

While Earth sighs deeply in despair.

Yet amid despair, a flickering light,

Of human will, of moral right.

Children march with banners raised,

Demanding change, their voices blazed.

Technologies stir in hopeful hands,

Solar fields and wind-swept lands.

Nations meet in urgent throngs,

To write new rules, to right old wrongs.

But glaciers wait for no debate,

Their melt is swift, their fear innate.

Time is short, the clock runs thin,

We race against what might have been.

So let us pause and truly hear,

The tale within Earth’s frozen tear.

For in its melt, a message clear:

Protect what’s left, hold what is dear.

Before the last berg breaks away,

Before the shores dissolve in spray,

Before we drown in future’s cost,

We must reclaim what’s nearly lost.

Let every drop that leaves the ice,

Remind us all, of nature’s price.

For though the tears of Earth may fall,

Our courage still can answer the call.

"When the glaciers weep, the world must listen, for each drop is a story of what we stand to lose." - Jacky Kapadia

Summary:

"Earth’s Frozen Tears" is a 750-word professional poetic reflection on the global impact of glacial melt and climate change. The poem journeys through polar regions, mountain ranges, and ocean ecosystems, depicting the devastating consequences of rising temperatures on wildlife, landscapes, and human life.

"Every melting glacier is a silent scream from the planet, echoing through rising seas and vanishing time." - Unknown

"In each frozen tear, lies the memory of a colder, purer Earth—melting fast beneath our indifference."- Jacky Kapadia

It highlights scientific warnings, ecological loss, and the urgent moral responsibility humanity faces today. The poem ends on a cautiously hopeful note, calling for immediate action to mitigate further damage and preserve what remains of Earth’s fragile frozen frontiers.