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Leased...
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
Wednesday, July 22, 2015    Rated "G" by the Author.
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...too late....


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To us is this world we call earth,
We as humans do not own her,
Just because we’ve lived here so long,
Does not mean we can abuse her…

For every tree lost to loggers,
For every lake or creek polluted,
For every animal hunted to the point of extinction,
We humans will pay dearly in the end…

For every piece of humanities garbage,
Dropped carelessly without regard,
For every cigarette thrown on the grass,
By some car driving ass while stepping hard on the gas…

For every fire started in the forest,
Every mudslide, every flood, we get no rest,
As it is humanity that does eventually cause this effect,
When Mother Earth is no longer livable we will all pay her price,
No breathable air shall we have, no water to drink,
Nor food to eat, only then will we realize what we’ve done,





TOO LATE…

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 Reviews of "Leased..."
Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)
Reviewed on August 2, 2015
We have screwed up and we must teach our
children and have them realize it will and
is in their court.

Deborah

Always,

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on July 25, 2015
Nicely done. Someday, man will be extinct, as the result of man.

Michael D.

Reviewed by Connie Faust
Reviewed on July 23, 2015
This is a very serious poem for you, a somber warning we need to heed. God gave us a beautiful, hospitable planet, but have we appreciated it and cared for it as He would want?
Good work, Ed!

Connie

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 23, 2015
Your title is apropos to the situation and your poem is a breath of fresh air in your writing that I'd like to see you do more. New Jersey has probably been abused more than any other state, except, perhaps, West Virginia. It makes one wonder if we can stop this madness in this century. We would all have to change our way of living so many things we buy and use so cheaply might go away. On the other hand, like you have pointed out, we may reach a point where the cost becomes way too great for getting by cheaply.

Ron

Reviewed on July 22, 2015
Sometimes we don't appreciate what we have until it is gone. Sad but true.

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by lois christensen
Reviewed on July 22, 2015
What can i say, people do not respect what is given to them in the form of a nice environment, they must always dirty it up with trash of some kind. Not a nice thing for our earthly living either.

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on July 22, 2015
There will always be natural disasters as well as ones caused by people.
I think by now if there is anybody on this earth that is not aware of our contribution to this, they are sadly ignorant.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on July 22, 2015
Your view isn't exactly my own. As bad as we seem to be, we are also very ingenuous, and we will keep coming up with ways to live on and on and . . . Who knows, maybe we will all die, but then, Ed, maybe we won't.


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