In a world of feast or famine
Where the poor can't feed themselves
How much is too much?
Is the question we should ask ourselves
Premeditated self destruction
It's a conscious decision
We're the only living organism
That doesn't develop a natural equilibrium
Recession is a necessity
A blessing in disguise
Over population
We multiply like flies
The bully in the chow hall queue
We take more than our fair portion
I feel sorry for the planet
Mother Earth should have had an abortion
We're living in period of ignorance
Our heads buried in the sand
Multiplying like bacteria
Pillaging the land
A one sided relationship
We need to reach a compromise
Rotting in our steel coffins
Belching poison into the skies
How can we sleep at night?
When there are starving mouths to feed
All you can eat buffets...
Another definition of greed
How much is too much?
Ask a man who really knows
Sleeping under clear skies at night
Trash bags for pillows
How much is too much?
Don't all raise your hands at once
How many of our needs
Are actually wants?
Our Mother’s illness is terminal
Read her her last rights
Sucking the lifeblood from our host
We are ticks and parasites
We are a cancer to the Earth
It's plainly clear to see
Ignorance will be the cause of death
At Mother Earths' autopsy
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Author:
Syd (
Offline) - Published: December 2nd, 2017 05:15
- Category: Nature
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- Users favorite of this poem: Laura🌻, Accidental Poet, madisontoure
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Comments11
Wow, that's great and kept me reading every well-written line. A lot of thought's gone into this. Questions I ask myself too. These seem unstable times.
Thanks you Jeremy, I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I read a book a few years ago and one of the topics was overpopulation. It's a certain fact that we can't carry on this way, there simply aren't enough resources on the planet. Recession is a necessity although it's what no one wants for fear of jobs etc. And we are living in a period of ignorance - Syd
Spot on Syd!
A well written message
reiterated in your response
to Jeremy’s comments!
Great read! Thank you.
Thank you Laura, glad you enjoyed.
Take care - Syd
We should all sign this and then send it to every politician and leader as food for thought. But I fear they would only spit it out in disbelief. An excellent poem Syd. Thanks for sharing.
That's an excellent idea Accidental Poet.
Glad you like the poem - Syd
Awesome!...reasonable!!
Than you Mottakeenur, glad you like the poem - Syd
Hi there a great theme well wort the effort it must of taken some strong word choice but that is a given with a theme like this I feel
Hi there Ziggy, cheers. Yeah the wording is quite strong in this one, I enjoyed writing it. Thanks for reading and leaving feedback.
Take care - Syd
Wow, great write
Thank you Tony, glad you enjoyed mate - Syd
Welcome
This is so good!
Thank you madisontour. I'll have to drop by your page sometime and check out your work. I'm pushed for time at the minute for a change lol.
Thanks for reading - Syd
Hi Syd
I liked this
That was powerful and brilliant.
It's so sad in the world so many have plenty and so many have so little.
We should be grateful for what we have ultimately.
Keep writing
FineB
Hi FineB, yeah I totally agree with your comment.
Thanks for reading - Syd
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