Better Late Than Never
Scattered clouds over the sky
Crashing waves below
Nature rests peacefully.
But man tugs relentlessly at her
Chopping and burning and thrashing
The air is thick with his cruel plunder.
She heaves painfully
Pants and sighs and gasps for breath.
A Premonition!
Yet the beast doesn’t comprehend
He continues with his barrage.
The sea gurgles, the crust cracks,
The dance of the wind strengthens
Forcing all that it passes to collapse.
All man-made creations,
And all God-made creatures
Fall at her feet.
She stamps mercilessly on them
And avenges her outrage.
Nature is at her worst,
Man too is at his worst.
The Destroyer and the Destroyed.
Once more they rise in harmony
To re-start from the ashes.
For the moving clouds to watch
And the crashing waves to listen
To the soothing murmur of Nature
While Man rests peacefully in Her Hands.
[For Sunday Scribblings]
Love Always
Susan
Great commentary on an uneasy alliance. The earth will survive in one form or another but will stupid man? He hasn't yet realised the world doesn't revolve around him.
ReplyDeleteVery good writing, Susan.
ReplyDeleteMan abuses mother nature so much but I did like your title very much!
Better late than never, let's hope!
Thank you oldegg.Even if Nature retaliates man will never learn his lesson.
ReplyDeleteThank you Margie. Let's hope that we all learn to take care of her before it's too late.
ReplyDeletelovely poetry.
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