We must mourn the waste of the earth
as caretakers, have we quit caring about
what we are leaving behind for future
generations.
It is our responsibility to care for what
Mother Nature has given us, she has
nourished us and allowed us to live off
her good graces.
Our treatment of Earth is sinful, selfish
people numb me…those who take and
refuse to give back. We should love
Mother Nature’s children as much as we
love our own gluttony.
Are we demons that live in high towers
above the filth left upon the land. Does
living out of the sight of destruction make
us good Bastards.
Take from the earth only what is
needed or evil will come and rob
your children’s future, they will
never see the beauty Mother
Nature provides.
Is it too late, will we never catch up
from our pilferage and lack of
wisdom. The landscape continues
to change, will it become sinister and
dank transforming into a wasteland
filled with greed.
The stink may vanish, in a cloudless
thousand years, but can those of us
who cared about Earth today take comfort
in the fact that someone finally listen?
©2013.annjohnsonmurphree
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