Children are extremely wise beings
They instinctively know the value of animals
And they willingly share our world with them
They confide in animals
They cherish their companionship
And they are smart enough to learn from them
Children also delight in crazy animal antics
They eagerly observe wild animals on field trips
And they write delightful stories and poems
About many of our nonhuman neighbors
Household pets often become a child’s best friend
They share their snacks and secrets with pets
They play and wrestle with their pets
They even snuggle with them late at night
And when they lose a beloved animal companion
Our children truly mourn their loss
Deep within their tiny hearts and souls
Children truly are wise beings
And we adults could learn much from them
School children in La Jolla, California want to protect a colony of some 200
Harbor Seals that have lived there for decades.
Many adults in the area now want to eradicate them.
These adults now begrudge these seals a few square yards of rock and sand,
On a rocky and sandy coastline that stretches thousands of miles.
Plans are underway to dredge up their home; and once they lose this home,
These harbor seals will have little chance to reproduce.
Why do these adults persist in this activity?
Simply because they greedily want this tiny parcel of beach for themselves;
and they justify their actions by blaming these seals for polluting the ocean,
and, even more ludicrous, as being the cause of recent increased shark attacks.
It truly amazes me how we increasingly blame our nonhuman neighbors
For the sorry state of the world today – when we have caused most of its damage.
And we greedily continue to cause more carnage.
I also now have to wonder if the adult human race will only be satisfied after we wrench every single clump of earthly soil away from our nonhuman neighbors - who now desperately cling to the few remaining parcels of ground they have left for survival.
And I have to seriously wonder what kind of hideous legacy we are now leaving our children.
For more information on the plight of these seals, and to learn what you can do to help them, please read my accompanying article: California Seals in Peril
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Isn't it so great .
The innocence of life you've captured here
we are whore($$$$) mungers (as Trask would say) we are greedy and selfish and most often blinded by our own pursuit of happiness....hopefuly there is something that we all can do to help the little children is this case
I truly enjoyed this poem
makes one sad to see the price that we are so willing to go for what we want............
this is so sad I don't know what to say...but thankfully I read Andy..and smiled...Oh he is such a wicked one!!
Hope he has a nightmare...and those froglegs must give him no rest...crawling up his nose!!
love Tinky
Carmen :-)
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
I used to cry in my kitty's fur when I would get into trouble, and she would purr, and I would feel so much better! I sometimes felt that she was the only one who understood how I felt!
When I was a child, every time my parents got after me, I'd bring the dogs into my room and cry all over them, calling my mom names, badmouthing my dad for being mean... (they weren't, of course, as it turns out... hehe). I would tell them that they were the only 'people' in the world who really loved me. At those moments, I believed they were. They always understood.
There were many dogs, cats, birds, guinnea pigs... even my brother's snakes, who came and went in my life. They were my best friends.
Thank you for bringing this back. As much as i love that little girl's expression, I must admit, penguins absolutely tickle me... I could watch hours and hours of penguins. Again, Thanks, little Eddie... little katy xox. (giggle)
Inspirational and truthful...
Peter
pax A
Very caring and beautiful write.
Maybe we should just turn the world over to the children..
Lisa