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We've Kept The Earth From Breathing
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We came with weapons wielding
and our heads held up high

pried open all the earth was concealing
without a sigh

We've kept the earth from breathing
long enough for us to touch the sky

We've left all nature bleeding
long enough to let her die

We came with great demeaning
and greed within our eyes

chopped down the forests yielding
without a tear to cry

Will we rape our worlds raw beauty
till we don't know why

until there's no more healing
until it's time for us to die.

 Copyright 2009 Pierre Ortega  

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Reviewed by April Ortega (Reader)
Reviewed on July 22, 2009
We are already dead. Won't our ansestors be disappointed. Love ya

Reviewed by L. Figgins
Reviewed on March 19, 2009
Yes, Pierre. There are two paths we can go by, as the "Zep" would say. Think we are turning the corner on the right one. We've been talking about this since the '70's. There just has be a concensus that there are other values beside the bottom line and a genuine desire for a future that isn't spent inside a bubble or on another planet. As writers, we can educate. Keep truckin' my friend...Lin

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on March 13, 2009
You "speak" words that I have been "speaking" since I was "knee high to a grasshopper" my friend. I so relate and empathize and understand what you express. Honestly. I feel sick being a human on this beautiful planet that "we" seem intent on destroying. Thank you, Pierre. I applaud you. Love and best wishes,

Regis


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