In the middle of the tunnel

Dear Humanity

 

Destruction the name of thy trail

Mindless, unaware and even frail

 

Taking pride in mountains of waste

Way too much for the global taste

 

In the biggest letters ye write - Greed

For sure it rhymes perfectly on - Need

 

Pure bliss while dwelling in love

When hate fits tight like a glove

 

Even though times are turbulent

Thou manages powerful statement

 

Calming broad opinion in a breath

Silencing dreaded masses wrath

 

For there's not printed a single clause

Keeping politics from showing sharp claws

 

Seems like human kind in all its glory

Throughout and along its incredible story

 

Has forgotten its deep undetachable bound

To Nature and our all Mother Earth' ground

 

My words I believe you now don't mind

I'm deeply ashamed to be one of your kind

 

 

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Reviews

[Poetic Wolf]

This piece brings to light one thought, while it breeds another one from it's marrow.
As I have traversed the United States Highways, back and forth, North and South, East and West for the last five plus years, I have seen those mountains of garbage and I would agree that most of which are spun from the years of amassed greed and it's wasteful bi-product. Yet, I honestly believe those mass junkyards of discarded stuffs shall become humanities own goldmines as the need for material resources new dwindles. Countless fields of rusting relics litter the USA. It would not take much to reprocess the metals still viable within. Our garbage dumps, while a larger undertaking could be tapped as well for resources tossed away since the beginning of the industrial age. There are pathways to a better and cleaner world, if people would simply agree to follow them.
The thought bred from your ink is simply this. I think it's better not to feel ashamed for those in humanity that have fouled the earth. It's far better to know and take pride that you are not one of those that add to the problem blindly. There are others that think as you do... United, Change, Survive Better! :)

Great Ink Angel!
Wolfie

[Tex]

lovely. I love your last stanza and have felt that way for over 20 years. how senseless we are. and yet we continue the same patterns even while aware of what we do. ok off my soap box... just a great write. Thank you for this.

[Sethnicity]

Oooohhh! Nice punch line!

Thanks for lulling me into the flow
and then delivering me with that blow!

Favorite part is the Yoda speak right there at the end!:
"My words I believe you now don't mind
I'm deeply ashamed to be one of your kind"

[Desert Dreamer]

Very well said...it is time for change.

[Enigmatic Soul]

Incredible. A brilliant potrayal of man, his deeds and the escapist attitude towards the consequences. Very well written. :)

[kevluvtory]

A nicely worded poem about the destruction of the invasive species known as man. It is worthwhile remembering however that Mother nature has her own method of eliminating unwanted objects from her face.

[shadow night]

i as well hate hte way man kind has treated the planet.... my religion holds the earth dear and i as one to up hold my belifes high think man kind needs to do some thing with the filth we have put on earth andits not just the junk yards that we have brought to the earth that is bad for it but as well as greed. it is good that you as a human see what man kind has done. at least some one see's this problem. if only more would.... good job.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I too am sometimes ashamed to be part of the human race... all the hatred and violence... Mother nature's has been forging for what we have done to he, but for how long?