Unrealistic Realism - 11/14/06

[ookami]

I close my eyes
I listen
The sound around me
Encompasses my mind
Mechanical Vibrations
So unnatural, unnerving
What have we done?
Our natural element
Once pure and refined
Diminished to mere memories.
Natural Beauty of the Earth
Now nothing
Nothing but a dream
A dream of the past
A history once cherished
Once loved, once mattered
Now oblivious, obscelete.
Natures beauty destroyed
Demolished in Greed
Earths flora, Earths fauna
Both unrealistic
In a realistic world
Not cherished, preserved
As it should be
No respect, honor
Not one ounce of gratitude
Life taken, Life forgotten
Natures beauty is Destroyed
Mankinds lust for Industry
For minerals, for resources
Respecting not what was first
But what unkind needs
Selfish, uncaring, loathing
Needs for Man.
Uncharacteristic in life
To destroy the pure
The Noble and the Elegant
Mother Nature
Such uncharismatic fools
The Human Race
Neglecting Elements
Purity and Grace.
Caring not enough
For the world
We walk upon.
We tread the Earth
Unknowing of what lies within
The Heart, the Soul
The inner Beauty
Of the spherical Elegance
Of Earth.
We dare to expand
To Demolish and Destroy
For our own sick reasoning
To fulfill selfish needs
Not caring nor believing
To expand our environment
Replace what is destroyed
Refurbish what is lost
Desperate for more
Destined for less
Wishing and Dreaming
Of an industrial Earth.
This once lush scene
Now barren and lost
Forever into Eternity
Within space and time.
Once picture perfect
Loved and desired
Respected anciently
Dserted at present.
Natures beauty destroyed
Spntaneously, Instantly,
Uncouthly, Disrespectfully
Forever gone, given the fact
Humankind is Ignorant
Ignorant to Replenish
What we destroy
What we take
What we steal.
Unwilling to return
What was taken unfairly
Undesired to Selflessness
Not wishing to give back.
Such is ignorance
Stupidity, Hypochracy
That the Human Race
Never ceases to reveal
One-sided Greed.
Sick desires, opportunities
Seized by Man
To expand the Unnatural World
When we should Seize the Moment
Carpe Diem
Give back to our world
That which we have taken
Care for Beauty, for Elegance
For Refinement, for Grace
For the very hope of Nature
For life we wish to Embrace

This poem was just a really long poem that I felt like writing. I am very protective of Nature and I hate to see it destroyed. Please get the idea that we should protect what is left of our natural elements of the world. Help me help what is left and Help me restore the Natural Elegance that was once Earth.

[EternalMothra]

I Love this poem so much! It reminds me of Mothra! :)

[Cyndi]

Maybe someday it will be a song Mothra sings back to the Earth.

Stunning poem, Sahra! You are brilliant!

[ookami]

Thank you very much! I was feeling bad for how we treat nature and I wanted to express the depths of what we have done and what we continue to do to her beauty. Maybe I can sway the world, or even just one other person, to help preserve what is left of it.

[EternalMothra]

Thank you very much! I was feeling bad for how we treat nature and I wanted to express the depths of what we have done and what we continue to do to her beauty. Maybe I can sway the world, or even just one other person, to help preserve what is left of it.

You definately need to let the creative writing teacher see this. :) Maybe when you publish your book of poetry, you can sway thousands of people to save the world! :) That would be wonderful!

[ookami]

You definately need to let the creative writing teacher see this. :) Maybe when you publish your book of poetry, you can sway thousands of people to save the world! :) That would be wonderful!

I will show her... But when? We'll have to find a time during school. Anywho... I really hope that i can get my book published.. that would be so awesome! If I could sway even just one person, that would be awesome... but thousands! That would be phenomenal!! I would be so happy! The world is an amazing place, and I just wish more people would see that. Thanks so much for your comment! :)

[EternalMothra]

You are welcome! :) It is so wonderful to imagine thousands upon thousands of people helping out the Earth. :)

[ookami]

It is. Even if only one other person helps though, it could make a 'world' of difference. I'm so glad that you think this poem could inspire so many others.

[EternalMothra]

You are right. :) You would be that one person, because of your poem. :)

[Cyndi]

All this talk makes me think of a story I heard once.

Once there was a beach littered with starfish. A man was walking along when he saw a girl picking up starfish and tossing them back into the water. There were so many that there was no way she could rescue them all in time.

"Why do you even bother?" The man asked her, "No matter what you do, it won't make a difference."

The girl picked up another starfish and tossed it into the water. "Maybe not, but it makes a difference to that one."

[EternalMothra]

Aww, that is such a cute story. See, anything can make a difference, as long as you try. This poem I believe can provide a lot of inspiration for people taking care of the Earth. :)

[ookami]

Aww! That story is very cute and very true! Thanks to you both for your input on the Poem. I really would like to make a difference in our beautiful Earth... She deserves to be treated much better than she has been in the past and the present. It would be so cool to be that One Person to make a difference... Its something I've always wanted to do... :)