Earth Today

.

Our earth ails, pales

deforestation rules –

trees ripped from the soil

while the desert encroaches

inch by scorched inch

leaving space in the race

for man-made rocks, structures

to house, plots to feed

ever-expanding populations

ugly erections pumping thick

black smoke into the air –

the air that we breathe –

ban cigarettes, but leave

toxic contaminants from exhausts

from chimneys made ever higher

sending pollution into space

ha! pretending that there’s

a difference in quality

and what goes up stays up

never comes down in air or rain

to be seen or breathed

again…

.

©Denise G Allen, 07 May 2013 19:31

Refer to comment made on COP 18: http://theenergycollective.com/gail-tverberg/221536/reaching-limits-finite-world#comment-59536

House of Cards

.

We build ourselves a house of cards

Wherein we lock our treasure

For good measure.

But come the wind and rain

(a hurricane),

or when the earth begins to shake

(an earth-quake),

Our house of cards comes tumbling.down

And what have we but rubble for our trouble.

.

©Denise G Allen, 08 April 2013 09:39

BLIND DRUNK

.

tyres screech
white lines flash
oh god
hit a robot
big shot
never mind
cross their palm
cops are blind
empty street
riding the night
on the right
no – the wrong
side
nightmare ride
cowering in back
boozer… loser
boozer… loser
mantra
in my head

.

©Denise G Allen, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:28

Anticipation

Sidey’s Weekend Theme – 04.11.2011: Anticipation

 

Anticipation

~

I felt the excitement of anticipation.

We were on the threshold of innovation,

About to meet aliens from a faraway nation,

Intelligent life from across the universe,

Intergalactic visitors with whom to converse,

Hold discussions and exchange information,

How much I looked forward to our communication

Prior to their elimination.

 ~

©DGA 05 November 2011 07:30

FOOTPRINTS

Sidey’s Weekend Theme: 30.09.2011 - Footprints

…

When we’ve turned the world to dust,

Trampled the life beneath our feet,

We will be judged in history

By our footprints, plain to see.

…

©DGA 01 October 2011 05:23

THE WIND

THE WIND

From the gentlest breeze,
Tickling the flower petals
And the long grass seeds,
To a full blown hurricane,
Venting its anger in a destructive path,
A swathe of devastation from whence it came
Until, at last,
Energy spent,
It
Subsides,
Tame as a lion,
Engorged,
Lolling in the shade,
Asleep.

©DGA 13 August 2011 09:38

Evil’s Strength

Evil’s Strength

We live in an age of evil,

Of wasted lives and suffering,

Of devastation of our earth,

Caused by selfishness and greed.

Where evil appears more powerful than good,

More compelling than the ‘Gentle Jesus’ fraternity

Because they stoop fearlessly without limitations,

Without reins to hold them back.

Hell and damnation hold no inhibitions;

The present is all there is to them.

Gather together all who live in the light,

Inhabitants of the earth,

Citizens of the world,

Do not allow the sun to be devoured by the night.

Image: memotj_photobucket.com
©DGA 28 June 2011 09:59

MATRICIDE

MATRICIDE

Which of us would not cower
At the thought of killing his mother?
Yet here we are.
We think nothing of murdering
Our mother Earth
Who has nurtured,
Nourished and clothed us.
Over the centuries
Man has increased in intellect
Until it became possible for him
To destroy his world, the planet Earth,
Together with all who depend on her
And love her as a mother.
Intelligence and common sense
Are not synonymous.
Man has sacrificed his common sense
On the altar of his intelligence
In his search for dominance.

Encarta Dictionary: MATRICIDE
Killing of own mother.
The act of murdering your own mother.

Image: Photobucket.com
©DGA 07.04.2011 20:14

Devastation in Northern Japan

Devastation in
Northern Japan
~~~

A landscape strewn

Across the page of time

Images frozen in my mind

Deadly destruction swept

Unchecked

By puny man

Untold lives lost

Forever in this second holocaust

~~~
Encarta Dictionary: holocaust
Wholesale or mass destruction, especially of human life.
~~~
Also read this
~~~
Photo: Mail & Guardian 14.03.2011
©DGA 14.03.2011 07:27

An Apology to Mother Earth

An Apology to Mother Earth

~

We have failed you,

Mother Earth,

And continue on

This path of destruction

Despite warnings

And calamities.

Blindly, we refuse to change,

Thinking we have

All the time in the world

To make sacrifices for you.

We have emptied your coffers,

Dried up your waters,

Desiccated your forests.

We think we are gods

Who will live forever

After you are dead.

~

Image: photobucket.com
©DGA 10.11.2010 17:47