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Sl'askia 04-18-2002 09:38 PM

A poem about Mother Earth
 
Its a little crappy...sorry...

A sphere of blue and white
She alone holds the galaxies gift of life
Oceans sparkle, clouds flow
Whales sing and birds fly
For eons she as survived
The changing climates and meteors strikes
Living in harmony with all that you can see
but now she is in danger from one of her own
A being that seeks only power and greed
One that poisons her waters and the air
Killing their kin so their skins they can wear
They have forgotten the value of all life upon her
Caring only to increase their number
She had cared for them when they were small
But they don't seem to care for her at all
Things look bleak
As she becomes weak
But there is hope
A few have heard her cries
And seek to try to undo the harm that was done to her
For the sake of all and future generations
Which are you?
One of the restorers?
Or one of the destroyers?


My thoughts:

By the time we fix our own problems…it may be too late to save her. Would you leave your Mother to suffer and die while you and your siblings fight among yourselves?
We are all one race, one species. We are all equal, despite race, wealth, religion, and gender. When well we all realize this so we can save what is really important? Our Mother Earth and all her children.

morphius 04-19-2002 07:13 PM

I think this poem is just about significance and the problem of human society. It brings up the greed that drives all of humans, what they do to earth(her)-pollute, and its brings up the overpopulation issue, and the struggle which humans will only realize and try to solve when its too late....The significance is what earth so to say created, was the very thing that killed the earth, and everything that the earth gave humans to use was destroyed... It is a typical nature poem (not in a bad way)

dark_xinos 04-20-2002 10:08 AM

I like it Dragadon!
I think that way to sometimes. But then i think there is no need to worry, sence i wount be around by the time it happens that the earth goes unter by pollution, but il try to save the world from junk as long as im allive! :fuzgrin:

(what happend to your pink text?)

Teal 04-20-2002 01:05 PM

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Originally posted by dark_xinos
(what happend to your pink text?)
Well, easy - she's not a pink dragon any more. Look at her avatar. :)