Can you hear her?
A keening cry
from time out of mind
Wounded, bleeding
Poisins seeping
My children, what have you done?
I sheltered you
nourished you
Built your homes
Filled your bellies
My children, what have you become?
Destroying
Raping
Killing
and green
and growing
What walked
and swam
and flew
Look around you children
Polluted cities
Toxic rain
Forests destroyed
Waterways poisoned
Animals gone
Never to return
I ask you
Was it worth it?
The Writers Island prompt for this week is Earth. I started out trying to write a light, fluffy piece a la Douglass Adams about two beings from outter space discussing the mess that Earth had made of things, but this came instead.
I wonder too what have we done, what do we continue to do to the earth? Will we see sense in time?
ReplyDeleteWell, I like this a lot, so don't sweat skipping the Douglas Adams bit.
ReplyDeleteAs for the subject matter itself, we were going to take a drive about an hour north and go investigate a State Forest, but decided it wasn't worth using the gas and polluting. So we stayed home.
I truly enjoyed this! Mine is somewhat similar take! Yours is like a song though!
ReplyDeleteYes, and we feel it today. I read this book 20% of students suffer from depersion. The devors rates are really high. It's bad.
ReplyDeleteI like the voice used ~ it effectively convey the message that pierced to the heart. As what I've mentioned in one of the comments I wrote, we can't live fearing and now weeping. Why don't we just go out of our back yards and plant a tree. Perhaps that would make the differnce.
ReplyDeleteI wish you well.
~ Jeques
You are echoing something that is running through my mind lately---what can I do to help stop the bleeding? Or, is it all too late?
ReplyDeleteI see the earth crying when wind kicks up a dust storm. It is nice to hear other's opinions on this subject. This was very lyrical.
ReplyDeletei believe in all that you are bringing to the fore here robin,, i just have a hard time saying those things without having my first heart go out to the human animals themselves...
ReplyDeleteMy children, what have you become?Destroying
Raping
Killing.......
Oh Nooo ... tooo deep, tooo sad :~( huge hugs to you all Around the Island for 2008 and Beyond.
ReplyDeleteA deep and thoughtful piece, but aren't we in danger of making things worse by feeding ourselves on a diet of negativity? Sometimes it's worth standing back and looking for the good in this world.
ReplyDeleteFor some perhaps, but not for me.
ReplyDeleteI think sometimes... this earth cry is really our own cry, a mirror this planet, blue-green orb spinning through space...
ReplyDeleteand what I really wanted to say here??? Is that I here you Robin, I really do... XO
ReplyDeleteSometimes light and fluffy just doesn't cut it, does it? Questions multiply.
ReplyDeleteAh this is so beautiful, Robin...so very touching and true.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
Love this and it is so true. What have we done?
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