“It has become appallingly obvious,
That our progress has exceeded,
Our humanity.”
Albert Einstein
Music: All Is Gone
Yesterday was an extremely gorgeous day
So I drove out to a tiny patch of wood
A place, which I still liked to wander
A place, where I still felt pretty good
There was a lovely little creek here
And a small stand, of majestic pine
The air here was still fresh and clean
And the wildlife here, were still fine
Raccoons and chipmunks, lived here
I usually saw several ducks and geese
Several white-tailed deer called it home
I always heard birds, singing in the trees
Yesterday, I never even got out of my truck
About all I could do, was sit there, and stare
The entire patch of wood here, was now gone
I didn’t see one single tree, or a bird, anywhere
Several years ago, half this wood was torn down
For a subdivision, ironically named ‘Forest View’
Now, the other half will become a huge trash landfill
I wouldn’t want to live in that subdivision, would you?
With our skyrocketing human population growth,
And our never-ending non-biodegradable garbage,
Much of our planet will one future day, look like this,
But many human beings will still call this ‘progress.’
©2009, Mr. Ed
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Sandie Angel :o)
Be always safe,
Karen
Newfie Hugs, Rose
We hear of children dying of hunger and yet in Europe are destroying thousands of tons of food because over production.
Progress? someone most be kidding.
Georg
Love & Light always and in all ways,
Joseph
There Ed is an idea I have, every living species should be issued a birth certificate and death certificate, and it should be public as is with the human population. It should record, all the pertinant data as ours, it should if unecessarely harmed or killed, the killer be prosecuted out of respect for the others life. Wanton destruction, is rampant for we have no respect for the lords creation, reason, we think ourselves more important then anything else, where does this come from I ask? I know you know the answer.
Bless you for bringing more awareness we sure need it, like our coffee every day. Jasmin Horst
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
When they renovated our apartments? They cut down all but like three trees. SHAME.
How unfortunate Ed.
So sorry to hear your special place is no more.
Hope you can find another place to reflect and enjoy the peace.
Take care,
Gwendolyn