Villains of the Universe

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Villains of the Universe

Before it had been pillaged–scraped and torn and rent,
nature had a dignity everywhere you went.
A hill remained a hillside and a stream remained a stream.
This was before the elements began their silent scream—
long before the advent of smog and acid rain—
before our exploitation of the earth became inane
with our damming and our digging, our culling and our raping—
before we had created a world that needs escaping.

Now we thrust out into space to find another place to plunder
to repeat inane histories. To ruin and tear asunder.
Any new place that we find, thinking it a haven,
will soon be altered as before with acts as crudely craven.
We do not learn our lessons. We never quite atone
for messing into matters we should have left alone.
Like children picking at a scab, then worrying the sore,
we’ll frack the universe apart and crack it at its core.

 

jdbphoto

R.I.P. Mother Earth

 

 

The prompt word today was dignify.

6 thoughts on “Villains of the Universe”

  2. Lisa or Li's avatarmsjadeli

    I thought that was a bird on a plant stalk in the first picture. Excellent graphics to go with the words. A “silent spring” that reverberates across the universe, indeed. Let’s pray it does not come to pass.

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