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Word Weaver
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0 posted 2012-01-04 01:31 PM




"A New Year - A New Chance"

celebrations did abound
we lifted our glasses and toasted
and we make our resolutions
most of which will be forgotten
way before the coming of spring

it is the time of new beginnings yet
there will be a few less butterflies next spring
a few less ferns to adorn our bouquets
while the genetically altered frog stumbles
and we reject the knowing that all is disappearing
into the vortex of greed and ignorance

still, the forgotten sun will again bid good morning
kissing the remaining snow with golden nuggets
and we’ll observe in awe the beauty of each new day
soon tulips will proudly display their rainbow colors
as the narcissus acknowledge them and bow
squirrels will scamper about, happy in their freedom
as the grasses bend and sway in new growth

keep imagining, for without change soon it will not be
imagine no more flowers, no more rivers, no streams
I cry the tears of the melting ice caps, cry with me
as we howl with the wolf and run with the deer
and flounder with the salmon with no place to go
for there is nowhere to retreat, there is only here
here in the mire of our mutation

God's glorious creation desecrated
feeding our greed for more and better
we have consumed and destroyed
meanwhile we bemoan this winter’s ice and chill
as we will curse the increasing heat each summer
with how many more winters are we to be graced?

pile your plate with fish while you can friend
how many species were obliterated today?
rejoice in the chill of winter
they say no ice caps in 2040, let us pray
and sing loud in the oppressive heat of summer
for soon it may well be the only season
it is all we have, do not complain
it is all disappearing so fast

at the end of the remaining rainbows awaits an abyss
rejuvenation is exhausted and nearly depleted
we are the destruction derby of creation
what fools we have been, we the honored caretakers
throw away your aerosol cans, recycle your rubbish
stop pollution of land and lake and soul
end all war and love thy neighbor

make a resolution to make a difference
lest we weep with the willow
as we witness the irreversible end
for Hell hath seen no fury like that
of Mother Nature scorned

© Marcia Miller-Twiford


© Copyright 2012 Marcia Miller-Twiford - All Rights Reserved
Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
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1 posted 2012-01-04 02:01 PM


A most impressive, excellent write, to take to heart, dear Marcia!
Yes you are so right, we are guilty of so many thoughtless actions, that contribute to dramatic climate and environment change.
Awareness is growing, but the greedy "princes" of finance still are in power and materialism reigns.
You have said it all so well. Your words should reach every sentient being on Earth and reach deep into the hearts of those who ignore the whole gravity.

Meanwhile Mother Nature will fight her own fight and start every day a new healing process. She can do it, but she needs our support!

Thank you!

[This message has been edited by Margherita (01-04-2012 02:39 PM).]

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
2 posted 2012-01-04 02:36 PM


Marcia, I howl with the wolf and run with the deer. Let us not weep with the willow at the total destruction we could cause.  Let us heed your cry and that of others and all do our bit to save our precious world.

It is my firm belief that this exquisite masterpiece and cry from the heart and the depths of Nature, can do so much more than pleas of reason to which nobody listens.  I think you should send it far and wide - to schools, newspapers, magazines, poetry reading groups and that, if you are publishing a book of poetry (as I hope you are) that it should have pride of place in your next book.

Owl

Word Weaver
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since 2011-03-06
Posts 437
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3 posted 2012-01-04 03:40 PM


Dear Margherita and Diana,
Thank you very much for your comments. They mean a lot to me, as does the poem which came from my heart.


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