We Forsake Our Mother

This poems describes the issues of corporations draining natural resources and destroying woodland for the sake of power and money.

Who deemed it right

To bring our monsters of steel and noise

And break into the surface

Of our eternal home

And the greed in our hearts

Spread to our fingers

And we kept digging and stealing

All of her gifts

Who deemed it right

To eviscerate the landscapes

Using fuel, raped from the land’s mother,

For our hungry, toothed machines

The destruction is little

In the grand scale of things

But the effect is great

And in numbers,

Misdemeanours become plagues

And plagues spread like wildfire

Though this wildfire is very tame

This inferno of human origin

Needs a dousing blow 

Of united minds and bodies

If ever we are to be harmonious

Reviews

[aLittlePain]

What a powerful voice delivered with a tender undertone. The content pours with solid flow and consistency

"And in numbers
Misdemeanours become plagues..." I love that entire stanza, clever words for a strong metaphor.

Ngā mihi maioha (warmest regards)
Rachel x

[Sonder Opia]

Thank for your kind words, I really appreciate it and I'm pleased the message of this poem resonates with you!

Warmest regards my friend. :-)