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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2008-01-29 10:38 AM

Ultra violet rays penetrate
through a thinning atmosphere,
sear the earth’s surface, unhindered:
soils erode, crumble, dried, lifeless;
crevassed trees having escaped
the searching blade of the saw
now struggle, now die.

Gnarled roots of mountain hemlock,
become as beggars' arms,
search hopelessly, plead vainly
for the springs of life
which once fed them.

Is it possible to know how long
these makers of oxygen,
purifiers of earth,
can survive toxic wastes
descending like an evil mist
upon their heads?

Do we know how long
we can destroy;
remain blind
in our waning light?

Do we care if we become
but one more fossillized remnant
in Earth’s layered evolution
to be catalogued later
like bones of dinosaurs?

The question is not for him;
is it not for her:
it is for you! It is for me!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2008-01-29 11:02 AM

quote:
Is it possible to know how long
these makers of oxygen,
purifiers of earth,
can survive toxic wastes
descending like an evil mist
upon their heads?

It is almost unbearable in its dramaticity.

Thank you for this powerful thought provoking poem. Yes we must all do our part.

Margherita

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

2 posted 2008-01-29 12:40 PM

Very Powerful Indeed

ARCTIC WIND

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2008-01-29 12:47 PM

Obviously, a fine and timely 'write!'

[it is a shame that the 'powers that be' who
  NEED to listen are not and/or simply don't
  give a damn about anything that doesn't turn
  a quick personal or corporate profit]

Applause for this 'penning!'

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2008-01-29 08:01 PM

I often think we worship our father and forget our mother. I believe we are beginning to reap the rewards of this philosophy.
Ida

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

5 posted 2008-02-01 07:55 PM

I hope this 'important' write will return for awhile near the top of
the "P.I.P.-land" queue and garner more 'comment/reply' posts!

continuing applause!

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

6 posted 2008-02-01 08:04 PM

Excellent theme and delivery.
It is for me, it is for you

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