a rewrite, for Coral's sake

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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

0 posted 2004-11-09 05:57 PM

My name is Coral,
and my arms stretch out,
     reaching
        branching
            into the Earth's great seas.

You will find me on my knees,
     lovingly
        sheltering
those crawling on claws and spidery legs,
while multi-colored fishes dart in and out
amongst my many sheltered coves.

I harbor diversity in harmony, am a giver
     protector of life
         for the creatures of the seas.

I have lived and grown in a journey
of time and space far longer
than the annals of the human race.

And now I find myself attacked
     not just by hurricanes
         but from pollution, carelessness,
         aggressive collectors
who rip me apart, determined to display me
     in some glass case,
         in their eyes
         merely a prized trophy.

But I am a living organism,
     though I may look like a dead plant
     or a scratchy old stick.
I am a living animal, or more precisely,
     a colony of living things,
          working symbiotically,
          in harmony and unity
          for the greater good of all.

Do not disregard me or abuse me,
out of ignorance,
callousness,
or indifference.

For my fate
is connected to your fate.

My name is Coral.
And I am more like you
than you ever knew.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2004-11-09 06:46 PM

"I am a living animal, or more precisely,
     a colony of living things,
          working symbiotically,
          in harmony and unity
          for the greater good of all.

Do not disregard me or abuse me,
out of ignorance,
callousness,
or indifference.

For my fate
is connected to your fate.

My name is Coral.
And I am more like you
than you ever knew."

Excellent Kacy...
and I thank you for the reminder this post gives us.
Hugs~Nancy

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2004-11-09 09:30 PM

Kacy

Thank you for reposting this! Everyone should be more aware of so many things.

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

3 posted 2004-11-09 10:21 PM

sighs the plunder, rape and pillage of gaia continues, hugs

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

4 posted 2004-11-09 10:29 PM

Well said, Kacy

The Coral is but one thread in the tapestry of life on this planet, and humans are another...There is a limit on how many threads humans can pull out before the tapestry unravels...I know that you are a nurturer, and you try to keep the weave together, you prove that by your poetry..
Thank you for being and doing so..
---------ice/ford
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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

5 posted 2004-11-09 11:21 PM

Nancy, Martie, Raph, Ford

thanking each of you
Ford, that was such a beautiful kind reply, deserving of an extra dose of thank you hugs.
I try, and hopefully succeed sometimes, to be a true friend to mother earth.

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