Psycho6058

I watched pristine forests reduced to hills of stumps,
I saw scenic Texas deserts turn to seas of oil pumps.
The ice packs are shrinking, as is the ozone layer,
I think that we should take a knee and say a little prayer.

God made glorious mountains full of evergreens and pine,
He put them there to be enjoyed by families like mine.
He carved great Texas deserts for livestock to roam free,
but mankind is so greedy, he’s just too blind to see.

You keep abusing everything that’s put here to enjoy,
do you think this planet is just some grown-up toy?
If you have a bowl of candy that you keep eating from,
don’t you know eventually the candy will be gone?

Armies have reserves to replace those that they lose,
but if you have no feet, what good are brand new shoes?
Keep cutting lumber, drilling oil, and never use your head,
and then start asking why when you find the planet’s dead.

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All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win the world is for enough good men to do nothing...Edmund Burke

J.R. MacLean

Nice psycho, flows well to an inevitable ending. edit note: 'loose' should be 'lose'. It's the resiliency of the planet that amazes me. There are signs of hope, that China has managed to control its population growth, is huge. cheers

silverwriter

awww. jr caught it before i could.

*pouts*

i like these kind of poems you write. you're kind of like the 'i told you so' guy before the fact has actually happened. not that i would ever dream you'd be one for saying 'i told you so'. *grin* anyway, from one tree-hugger to a wonderful poet, good job.

*hugs*

jaime

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Psycho6058

j.r. thanks for the catch. And I think China has only controlled it's population growth by killing them off with avion flu.

jaime thanks and hugs to you as well

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Penelope

hello .. I'm wondering about where the 'feet' went. This was the only part of the poem that seemed a bit out of pace. *pun*

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Pooley

thats an awesome poem, and so true. it makes u think about where we r going as a planet. a little scary actually :S haha like i said in other posts im new to this whole poetry thing so sorry if u were after a little more sophisticated replys, but just letting u know i like the poem, its fun to read and covers a topic so relevant to today and the future

Psycho6058

Thanks again guys, appreciated

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All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win the world is for enough good men to do nothing...Edmund Burke