Story

Why, oh why are we so destructive?

Story 

I will tell you a story;

a bleak tale

but I will tell it

none-the-less.

 

It speaks of honour

and of valour lost,

as mankind rages

war upon

this planet Earth,

as if it has no worth.

 

Humans once respected

the nature that they found,

which fed them,

clothed them

and kept them

safe and warm.

 

But many soon grew

greedy

for the treasures

buried deep

within her womb.

 

From then the rape and pillage

started, and as their wealth

it grew,

it seemed to have no bounds.

 

They scooped and chopped

and dug and drilled,

and marvelled at their skills,

as factories belched black

carbon in the air.

 

And as the ice caps melted

they stripping bare their mother's

corpse, leaving it discarded,

denuded and consumed.

 

Hollowed eyes exposed,

now a barren w***e,

used, abused and abandoned

to her fate,

as a worthless piece of

trash,

simply lost in space.

 

And now they wonder why

she has forsaken them.

Why she rages

floods, and fires and hurricanes

and quakes

upon their lands.

 

Is it too late?

Do we still have time

to save her,

to save us all?

 

14/10/17

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we came to this land imagining it belonged to us...
the Native Americans were here first---and they appreciated and lived with the land...nurtured it , even as they gained sustenance from it.
why couldn't we be more like them...

j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes and across the globe there are similar tales Jacob. We are simply greedy and we feed the beast with our consumer demands and our ability to be duped, persuaded by the clever advertising men/women! Thank you Jacob.

[emmajoy]

' They scooped and chopped
and dug and drilled,
and marvelled at their skills ,
as factories elched black
carbon in the air... ' .

Thoughtful, truthful, hell on earth words that should be yelled from the rooftops or discussed, hands on hearts, by every government on this planet. Take your pick. It irks and sickens me when certain types say that they won't be here in X years 'anyway' so no matter - OR say: nobody can do anything about it, get companies and governments to act. What a display of ignorance, indifference and abject greed.

A few years hence will be too late. We were gifted treasure but now we grind it under whatever you call Human Unkind.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And dear missy Emma Joy you know I concur. Many thank yous!

[Einstein Noodle]

sad commentary John! who knows how long or short the time Earth has left ... but i am grateful for the places one can walk in peace ..and still find the marvels of Mother's birthing all around ... through all the raping and abuse ... i think it is balance She strives to sustain ... :(
E.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes I hope that too 'E', I think we all do but we must not bury our heads I guess. Many thank yous and happy Sunday!

[Einstein Noodle]

yes..you are right for certain ..and your poem does shake me a bit ... have you been following the fires in California? every year they have them but i don't remember so many whole neighborhoods destroyed ... its heart wrenching to think that once again it has probably been set by an arsonist ... oh what a world ... today i will work on a woodland bench i am making out of oak and red cedar ..i will pray for mankind to see the nurturing habit of Mother Nature ..if more and more of us hold her sacrosanct we just may plug into the balance she maintains ... its a serious thing for sure :((

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes thank you 'E'. I have been watching and cringing that our press gives headline to that wanker Weinstein and not the fires. But we lurch from earthquakes in Italy and Mexico to floods in Bangladesh etc to hurricanes and nowadays it appears more prevalent.

[Einstein Noodle]

it does ..many would say the end may be near .. but no one will ever know in advance ..we are all up for a surprise i think ... i am reminded of something from the words of the Bible ... Mathew 6:34 ... something like ..don't worry about tomorrow..there is enough evil in today .. but trust God ...
but like you say..it is not an excuse to hide our heads