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The Turtle's Shell
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The Turtle's Shell |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
Crashing monster boulders may crack a turtle's hard shell, but a constant daily onslaught of bothersome sticks and 'pebbles' doesn't appear to leave a dent. Question: what happens though if the turtle is overwhelmed with the small stuff? If she can’t crawl out from under it? Planet Earth is like that turtle: no great “earth changes” are about to bring all to an end. All the little things done each day don’t seem to make much of a dent in the hard shell of the planet – but what of a “bog down” – a complete social collapse? What if, as a species we give in – follow our fears, our hatred, our greed and sink ourselves helpless? Enter the final phase of destruction: the enabling of the last holocaust with weapons of mass destruction poised over the last oil reserves; vast armies crawling over mountains to loot, pillage, rape and murder; cities burning until the smoke covers even the light of the sun from pole to pole.. And who, when it is all over shall record the events; the final story of man’s aborted stay upon this world? Who shall care even, or want to know what happened that a so-called intelligent life never heard the call for understanding or heeded the simple challenge of compassion? And the final eulogy for Man will still be “From dust were ye made and to dust hast thou returned.” [This message has been edited by WindWalker (01-13-2008 11:08 AM).] |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Your mind fascinates me Ww. I always search out your poems, knowing that I will learn something profound in the reading of them. Ida |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
"What if, as a species we give in – follow our fears, our hatred, our greed and sink ourselves helpless?" Then we shall find ourselves on our backs, turned over by some powerful opponent, leaving us struggling to 'flip' for survival. I fear we may already be...on our backs, and sadly, we are our own opponent. Yet each day we must search for the survivalist foothold. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
As is so typical of this fine author... a thoughtful, powerfully thought-provoking, timely and effective 'write!' I am especially fond of: "what happened that a so-called intelligent life never heard the call for understanding or heeded the simple challenge of compassion?" most serious, long-sustained applause!! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice thoughts...the fear factor has been overused on gullable Americans that take the weapons of mass destruction message and the global warming message and see the end of the world...the truth is we don't need to be so dependent on foreign oil and they don't need to be so dependent on our money... was watching a program the other day, they were showing an electric car that can go 40 miles before requiring a charge, or before turning on the gasoline engine... James |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
A very effective analogy! I always appreciate the thought you put into your pennings. They also inspire some of my own. The closing stanza is ominous ~ and dispairingly plausible... ~ And the final eulogy for Man will still be “From dust were ye made and to dust hast thou returned.” For the love of Gaia ~ and mankind, EA |
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