NOT GREEN ENOUGH
I’ve “met” many new people
I like to consider friends.
I’ve been meeting them on the internet
at a place called the Author’s Den
Some are friendlier than others,
but many of them send me notes.
Some like what I write,
others cast a negative vote.
One guy in particular
sticks in my memory banks.
Most all of his comments
don’t offer me his thanks.
When I first joined the Den
he and I had words.
Seemed he took exception
to the way I chose my verbs.
Be that as it may,
we continue to co-exist.
Hearing negative comments
is just another sister kissed.
I like the stuff he writes,
but we don’t see eye to eye.
We’re as different as the sun & moon
in an evening Alaskan sky.
I recently wrote a poem
about always trying to be green.
He reviewed what I wrote
and I don’t think he meant it mean.
But what he had to say
went against my grain.
He doesn’t seem to agree
that Mother Earth is in pain.
Quoting him exactly:
“Methinks humans are deluding
Ourselves if we think we can
destroy this planet we live on.”
I just let that go
although it bothered me some.
Someone should set him straight,
but likely, I’ll not be the one.
Then in my sports magazine
they mentioned the gulf oil spill
and I decided with his obstinacy
I’d just about had my fill.
The problem isn’t solved,
generations will come and go.
And, we’ll still be dealing with this
even though they’ve stopped the flow.
I’ve got three lovely grand daughters
and what happens now can rob them.
If your not part of the solution
you’re definitely part of the problem.
© copyright 2010 Richard Lee King, author of: A Pursuit of Life
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Be always safe,
Karen
example are the insecticides they use on chickens
it gets in their lungs, therefore their blood
and there after their muscle (the breast, thigh, drumstick ect)
then into the very eggs in cartons...and in all of this
into those who ingest it thereafter...a real chain reaction
We need to stop with poisons, Mother Nature has a great system
The Circle of Life really Works...
Blessings
Vickie
you’re definitely part of the problem.
I couldn't agree more, and I can't believe the number of people around who still refuse to believe that we are rapidly destroying this finite planet, with its finite resources, including fuel, food, and water, as our human population numbers continue to grow and grow and grow. Far too many hungry and thirsty human beings (and animals) around now; I'd hate to see what this planet has become about 25 years from now.
Donna