The Last Day Of February

The last day of February  and Summer in the far south

The sun glowing warm in the blue sky and bush flies buzzing about

And white butterflies seemingly dancing in the warm breeze

That is gently soughing in the eucalypt trees

In the sunlit paddocks by the coastal town

The grass that was green a few weeks ago now golden brown

From many warm and breezy days without rain the landscape looking dry

And no sign of rain in the blue and sunny sky

North in the sub tropics and tropics people in floods have died

That for Nature's mood swings climate change has some part to play cannot be denied

Human created pollution that gives rise to global warming causes weather extremes

Going by climate scientists this is how it seems

It is sunny and dry here in the far south

And in the warm air bush flies are buzzing about.