As We Are All Worlds Away

Caacaa, the raven crowed out,

Sending its wisdom unto the world.

Yet not one person stopped, not one head cocked,

To listen to the words of that odd old bird.

Each day they past by, lost in their world,

Of cellphones and gadgets and toys.

And each day it croaked out, though rarely did spout,

Nonsense in its words.

“Death, death!” it called,

Death to them all!

Lost in their world of materialistic things.

Death to the human race as we know it,

All hail the new breed, of rings and diamonds and all that fine bling.

The individual is gone, deceased,

So bow down and say long live society.

As the woods waste away and nature is scorned,

Trees are cut down and forests are burned,

We’re lost in a world where it’s, “Die but be merry,”

And never again will we listen to the oh-so-contrary words,

Oh that strange yet wise little old bird. 

Reviews

[Superconge]

Nice! It flows really well, and I like the way you've told this story. It makes it the message less cliche when its told like this. I think it might need a few more lines to really drive home the point, but it's still great. I'm dying from the tree hugger tag.

[MFrano1]

Actually that's funny because I thought the exact same thing but got stuck and wasn't sure what to add :/ Thanks for commenting and sharing your thoughts! I'm glad the tag gave you a laugh, it's good to know my sense of humor doesn't completely suck lol.