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Innocence Weeping

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

Nature never promised us a rose garden. We invented that. And what have we given in exchange? Where to start?

Thursday, July 26, 2018


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Innocence Weeping

So simple creation's reflective miniscule,
gathering force at will,
sprinkling nourishment,
sharing its cleansing,
needing only growth as reward.

Such is the mission of Nature's most immaculate,
the raindrop,
carrier of so many purposes.

Inculpable its essence,
being not of calamitous desire,
yet often collected by forces undesired,
tropical disturbances,
typhoons, or hurricanes

So faultless its innocence.

While we admonish its presence,
water spotting our car washes,
spoiling our vacation weekends,
plummeting our gardens,
we ignore its due respect.

Perhaps...

Embracing this small creature-less life
might enable this E. T. of Nature's family,
dreaming only of making our lives bette,r
a supportive existence among
Its dedicated landscape.

Still…

We argue its overwhelming presence,
an ever-dwindling ancestral Arctic and Antarctic
pleading for genealogical respect.

How savage-like…

Those continuing to deny Nature’s complexity,
man's natural self-destructive evolution
trying to stay protected against the inept denying-rationale.

For some,
Nature is so easy to ignore.
For all,
impossible to avoid.


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Reviewed on August 18, 2018
Right on "the rain drop"! Such a force to be dealt with! Global warming, more evaporation, more condensation, a circle that's going to end up who knows where! Buy real estate up in the highest of mountains, I say! lol!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on July 27, 2018
Like the human cell, a raindrop is a world without a world, a precious commodity that we cannot do without.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on July 27, 2018
I admire what you have done with the simple(but complex) raindrop. Yes, the raindrop is everything you say it is, and more. It soothes us with a pleasant rainfall in the afternoon on some languid summer day. It is life to us. Enjoyed this special write.


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