There once was a time
When men thought not of empathy
All they cared about
The results of their greed
Hunting down species of whales
Giants of the sea
With a rhythmic heartbeat
Same as you and me
Raising their young
To grow big and strong
Little did they know
They won’t live that long
For within their bodies
Lies the oil man spills
All he sees are dollar signs
No matter of the life he kills
Lacking a conscience
Man only worships the evil green
Bank accounts that grow and grow
The life taken never seen
By God’s grace
These days things have changed
Laws protecting the whales
Lives of men and whales rearranged
But the sins from days of past
Lay in history’s consequence
The value of life
Blood on man’s conscience
Copyright © Accidental Poet 2023
- Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) ( Offline)
- Published: June 14th, 2023 02:45
- Category: Nature
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Comments7
A good writing ) people can be very selfish , canโt they . Sad tho..
Thanks Rose.
Dear A.P Beautifully created this brings such emotion. most who kill don't have a conscious it's a human tool I suppose. X
Thanks Teddy. Nice to have you back. ๐๐น
Good write AP.
Thanks Orchi.
They tell a tale
Of men of old
Who hunted in the sea
For fish and whale
In storm and gale
To bring home warmth and meat.
They fed the young and the old
And all in between.
The sea provided bounty
Gave them their meat.
That was before globalisation
Who are you trying to defeat?
True words AP, hopefully we will learn one day.
Andy
Thanks Andy. The problem with much of society is that too much importance is on the almighty $$, instead of humane and compassion for other living beings. But...like you said, hopefully we will learn.
(while I love Melville's classic
your words exasperate, my discomfort
at the romanticising of such a cruel culture
yet, somehow
it feels worse this days, since
we're hunting them purely
out of comfort's excess, than need
history, at least had necessity
to argue with
modernity, is just pure wanton barbarity and greed
for that 'so called' delicacy)
love the empathy, dear Poet
an important write
Thanks LB, you would think barbaric ways of life would have grown up by now (in a perfect world). If there are aliens watching us, I envision them just shaking their heads in disbelief that we haven't evolved into a more peaceful species. ๐
or at the very least, a logical species
that learn from their mistakes...๐
Yes, at very least. ๐
uncanny my friend, I just heard the sound a whale makes when crying ..
And when a whale crying is enough to make a human cry, that's called compassion. Thanks N. ๐
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