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Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Trees / Water / Life
So much nourishment, refuge,
forbearance, forgiveness yet we care not
Mother being stripped, violated,
strangled to death yet we care not
Sand tongues are growing longer
and lapping up our life yet we care not
Motherless children wail for a
droplet of mercy yet clouds care not
Written for Susan’s
Midweek Motif ~ Tree(s) @ Poets United
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Ah, we're longing for the balance. And nature - the first one we're taking example from.
ReplyDeletevery sad to cut trees.
ReplyDeleteThis is incredibly powerful, with the long "sand tongue" and "children wailing for a droplet of mercy." Wow. And the world, as a whole, cares not, though many of us do. Fantastic, Sumana.
ReplyDeleteSo sad but true
ReplyDeleteThe trees take such good care of us and you are so right we care little even as their bark is stripped away.
ReplyDeleteSometimes reality needs to be written...you have done that most powerfully
ReplyDeleteSo very true!
ReplyDeleteit is sad the treatment of our planet....and the trees keep us alive...without them what will we do?
ReplyDeleteYou must visit mine Sumana. You and I are thinking along the same lines. I love the strength in yours, the reality. Blessings to our trees.
ReplyDeleteI like your change from "we" to "clouds" in the 4th line. It makes me think the we could also be the trees--not just us. Can the trees not care? And the land dwindles and the trees die aklong with the mother.
ReplyDeleteSuch is the tragedy of our life ~ I like the ending twist from people to clouds ~ Someday, mother nature will turn her back to us ~
ReplyDeleteVery moving. All life is interconnected. No part can be violated without wounding the planet.
ReplyDeleteSadly so many of us in the commercial world see nature and especially trees as expendable commodities. Our children's children will find out that this is not the case.
ReplyDeleteDestroy trees and you get deserts.Simple really !
ReplyDeleteit's sad that we do not appreciate what has been given to us ..good one Sumana
ReplyDeleteWow! Powerful write.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great environmental poem.
ReplyDeleteToo true! I like your use of the refrain to make this very sombre point.
ReplyDeleteWe really need to stop caring, don't we? Somehow we often seem to forget how Mother Nature has cared for us over the years.
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