Something New To Do

A poem about the world working together to solve problems of the environment.

Something New To Do

 All the world

was a stage while

black crude emptied

into the ocean blue,

everyone tuned in and

offered their two cents on

how to contain this

oil spout that spewed.

 

What if no one pointed

 fingers at each other,

no blaming the

oil conglomerate,

the President of the U.S.,

or the oil rig crew.

 

What if we just all put

our brain power and resources

together to answer

this environmental riddle

instead of watching cartoons

 or going to the zoo.

 

Once we put two and two

together and came up with an

answer, what if we let

the world as a whole take

the credit for pulling our

 efforts together and rising

to the occasion to

 save our wild life family,

the one’s in the ocean blue.

 

What if we started

to wean ourselves off

of the need for this black crude

and got in the mood to walk to work

or ride the tube?

Wouldn’t that be something new?

Reviews

[Wicahpi]

Out here we'd have to go back to horses, but I'm all for that!
Give me a pair of ebony steeds, a wagon for nice weather,
a sleigh for winter ... I'd be set. People are too spoiled for all
that now-a-days. I, however, agree with you and this write!!