On the occasion of Earth Day 2022, Michael Souligny, an active member of MARE for several years, wrote this poem and read it to us during the rally for social justice and climate justice that the MARE organized in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

In these crazy times

Don't despair too much

no more panic

This is what would make us capsize

To perpetuate this senseless chaos

Wanting more power in the name of desperation

No longer see the essential which is a real gift from heaven

To like, that's all we should aspire to

love the earth, without wanting to own it

Loving our brothers and sisters without barriers or rancor

Love the carefree life, live fully but healthily

Live in harmony and not at the expense of others

Create a world we won't be ashamed to pass on

Create a world from which we will not want to escape

But to create this world that we have so longed for

Michael