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Not a care in the world
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Not a care in the world |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn 
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This Earth, this host Cares not who, or what walks upon it We are, to it, merely the latest But, probably not the last Of a long list of inhabitants This Earth, this machine Will, despite any effort of ours However benevolent or malicious Continue on, even after exhausting the fuel That keeps its furnace burning This Earth cares not About extinctions, historical or yet to come The Dodo, gone because it was guileless Nearly gone, the scar that left the dinosaurs dead As surely, will be our manifest traces This Earth, this carousel Will continue as it always has, hurrying Around its circuit, circling a star That is traveling its own endless arc Through time uncountable This Earth, this rock Does not know we are here And does not care |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
. David Ignatow considered it a mark of his own growing up when he could look at a mountain as a mountain and not as a comment on his life John . |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
I'm sure the earth does not care except when we make it bleed then it may rise up and toss us all off like dust. a good commitee can decimate communication. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...better tell Al Gore...James |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Smiling here, with a Gaia-lisa glance. We humans are but a wrinkle on her face, a wart awaiting removal by some master surgeon, if not something sloughed off from a future face scrubbing? |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
"This Earth, this carousel Will continue as it always has, hurrying Around its circuit, circling a star That is traveling its own endless arc Through time uncountable" I wish I had a clever enough reply....but this part here summed it up for me....Wranxie...so true, so true~~~ Smooches~ |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
You're right... the caring is ours. *S* And with that caring comes responsibility... to care for even that which doesn't care. *S* Hmmmm... I think that describes my love life? LOL It's great to see you back... you and your fine work have been greatly missed! *S* |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good read  |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Such truer words may never have been spoken. We are but a particle of dust in this infinate universe Ruth I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
m'self? I think this Earth is alive. (ahem--I take that witch stuff seriously yanno) My take on it is we're more like fleas on a dog...fleas can kill a dog too. It really doesn't matter if she is a rock, or a Goddess--she just needs some simple respect. I love ya yeti--but oh my river-dweller, be cautious about the shake of fist. Y'don't know what you got, until it's either gone, or over your head.  I chide you now, because I know you have more than a healthy respect for her. In fact, your relationship with her so intimate as to be questionable.  shush--you know how I love you!  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
ah~~~ now see bro.... to me even stone and rock has an awareness.. not the sort we do perhaps..and perhaps on a different plane altogether.. but I agree with Ser... the earth is alive..as is the river.. what they know and are aware of.. what they care about..is not done in the same sense perhaps you and I might.... but..I believe it knows..and that it cares.. in its own ways.. its own time... |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Ed, the river, she whispers...the mountains, they listen....and you sir, speak in a way that moves me when I read you. Much enjoyed this. |
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Neo Junior Member
since 2007-08-08
Posts 13 |
I can't wait until the aliens come to show themselves to the world. |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Many thanks to all taking the time to comment on this... Ron? Karenity? The chiding is accepted Though, you two know me better than most..and know I feel the god/source/power/reason/purpose resides in all things...This is less a refutation of globalwarming and/or otherevils humans have visited on this our home, our exile, our prison, than it is an affirmation of human arrogance and ignorance... You know, too, I have very little use and scant love for the preponderance of mankind, though have, until lately, had great hope for us as a species... I dunno...Its just harder and harder for me to believe "we" are anything more than a happy(?) accident. A minor footnote in the history of this clockwork of a universe. Or, maybe its just me feeling infinitely small... It seems a waste to have spent several billion years preparing this planet for the likes of us....(Yes, I know what an eyeblink a billion years is in the big picture) On the other hand, maybe it IS a mere 6,000 years old. *grin* |
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