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Earth Day, 2006
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Earth Day, 2006 |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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EARTH DAY, 2006 Once there was a paradise Both wild and so pristine Apart from the rest the World With Oceans in between. There were People, one with Life Who were Keepers of the Land Revering all around them Just as the Great Spirit planned. Their lives were good and simple And those Native Nations knew If they took care of Mother Earth That, She’d take care of them, too. Only taking what they needed And using everything they took Although they’d never read it Seemed to live by some, “Good Book”. But, then the Europeans Learned the World wasn’t flat Set sail, landed on these shores That, brings us to where we’re at. They brought the white man’s greed And began a sad Time in Space That just may be the downfall Of all of our Human Race. We, of these new United States With all our technology And our quest of the “Good Life” Will leave a horrible legacy. The ice of the World is melting As all the Seas begin to rise Warm Weather wreaking havoc With destruction from the Skies. We pollute our Air and Water Cut/burn Forests to the ground Bury ourselves in our Garbage And drill where any oil might be found. Species are becoming extinct And not by any Natural ways We’re killing our Environment As we all number our days. Not to mention Nukes and War And the lies and corruption Health care, poverty and homeless And all the moral destruction. Hungry People in our Nation The richest place on Earth Kids education and safekeeping Not what they once were worth. We’re five percent of the People A Land of haste and waste Who lost the vision of a leader With a pride which is misplaced. We want the cheap and easy way Don’t care about the consequence As long as we get what we want We ignore what was our Conscience. Our Government doesn’t care And it seems, neither do we About our Earth in its Death throes And our fossil fuel dependency. Oh, we all say, “It’s a shame!” “We’ve got to change our way!” But, when it comes down to it We all want someone else to Pay. We use a quarter of the energy Cause most of the Earth’s pollution And as long as Corporations rule There will be no resolution. There’s no doubt we could change it If we would be so inclined But, we’ll leave it for our Children And “pass the buck” down the line. If we don’t begin to care about This Planet all of us live on The Human being and most life Will most all be Dead and gone. Americans must take the lead Since we are the worst offenders Try to turn these things around Before Old Mother Earth surrenders. an older one> EARTH DAY A Senator thought, “Earth Day” That a President empowered It was the germ of the idea That ultimately flowered. An idea by Gaylord Nelson Back in Nineteen sixty-two Who asked the Kennedy’s about it And the Brothers liked it too. The President began a tour In Nineteen sixty-three To put it on the agenda But, it wasn’t meant to be. Nelson didn’t let it die With the assassination He knew that people cared All across this Great Nation. There were demonstrations Against the War and other things So at a conference in Seattle Nelson said, he’d pull some strings. Springing up from the Grassroots In the Spring of Seventy A demonstration for Nature And Nationwide Conservancy. Our Earth’s Environment Was finally placed on the table And People everywhere Began to do what they were able. Now celebrated round the World As more People learn and see If we don’t take care of it Our World will someday cease to be. Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Yes, the world will someday cease to be but perhaps that is the plan of some higher and grander force who has through the ages tried to change all of the human race but failed, of course, as can be seen. Sadly, everyone acts for their own interests today whether they be politicians or ordinary everyday folk and it's because there's no real love in the world anymore - no place for it for fear of seeming weak or because it's not understood, not taught, and not demonstrated. Sorry, got carried away but your poem speaks of what we can all understand but somehow are powerless to change and I appreciate the thought value thereof. Thanks. |
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