When Man Wakes Up
When hope isn’t enough
And love falls on deaf ears
Common sense not so common
When bad dreams wake with tears
When world leaders
Push each others buttons
To the brink of war
When evil gorges on two gluttons
When birds don’t know
Which way to fly
All the flocks of feather
When they all seem to cry
When paws running scared
Can’t hide anymore
Where can they go
When the fire burns shore to shore
When whales lose their way
The ocean currents run amok
Polar Caps melted and gone
When the sea is out of luck
When the trees bare no leaves
From years of air pollutions
And man dropped the ball
When failed to act on solutions
When the sky turns angry
And the Earth changes mood
No matter what the season
When the clouds come unglued
When the ground bleeds
All around the globe
A sad day it’ll be
When the Earth decides to disrobe
When suddenly the sun shines
Through the window it streams
The look of pure horror
When man wakes up from his bad dreams
Copyright © Accidental Poet 2018
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Author:
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- Category: Sociopolitical
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I hope we clean up our act before it’s too late and the dream will become a reality!
A Great write. A poignant reminder of what can be! Let’s not let it happen!
Thanks for reading Laura. I too hope we can clean up our act before its too late.
Too many bad dreams are reality I'm afraid - let's hope we do wake up.
True Michael, the world is already full of bad dreams that became a reality. I wonder though, is it already too late.
A fine write AP. Many have mucked things up. Thankfully many are helping though, with conservation, etc.
Thanks for reading orchi, I fear though it'll take a whole lot more than just conservation to turn things around.
i know what you mean AP. Conservation is good, yet it's dealing with an 'outward' thing. I feel it's mankind's 'inward' state that needs changing most of all.
Agreed.
Very thoughtful AP ...when are we going to wake up
Thanks for reading Bill. What if the time to wake up was 50 years ago?
We need to wake up soon as we are destroying it in our sleep.
True Andy. Time is running out. Thanks for reading.
Mankind has been down this path before, and yet here we still are. I feel this dream/nightmare is a long way from being 'over', whatever that entails. Great write, here, AP!
Thank you Louis. For all we know, this may be the beginning of the end.
Well written and expressed
Thanks Tony, I appreciate your reading and compliment.
Welcome
This poem puts me on edge waiting for a conclusion that can't come to fruition. I absolutely love that. This is such great writing.
Thank you for reading and your comment Aislinn, a scary scenario for sure.
Many with eyes open, but cannot see.
Yes Ed, there are way too many who don't fully understand what we're faced with. Thanks for reading.
This is fascinating. I hope we do wake up soon! A great poem, by the way
Thank you for reading and your comment Christina.
Great poem! I just hope we wake up before it is too late! Since our souls can be anywhere in the Universe, after we screw up the Earth, maybe we can find another planet somewhere to start doing it all over again!
Thanks Fred. I've always been for space travel and exploration, but it did sort of bother me that we first left our used stuff on the Moon and now Mars. That seems to be our legacy, cluttering up the planets.
Hi Accidental Poet,
An incredible poem. Well written. I wish that man will wake up so much destruction in the world.
Keep writing
FineB
Time will tell. Thanks for reading and your compliment FineB.
Oh yeah I love this...it's like my poem is the ending to the warning in yours...what will happen...end of data
It's very scary to say the least. Thanks for reading and your comment.
😊
Oh end of days not data 🙈
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