The Planet Will Erase Us
with waves of water and waves of illness.
With waves of heat and waves of drought.
Wind and tides will evacuate our shores.
Our control of nature is a silly story we've told
ourselves as long as I can remember. We control
nothing. Not the ocean currents,
not the upper level wind currents,
not the rate at which the earth warms
burned by coal, petroleum, and methane.
Imagine Venus. Imagine Earth
cloaked in gasses that allow the heat in
and then retain it. We will be erased
by forces we ignored and can't
comprehend. The mounds of our dead
will stink up the skies for awhile
then vanish as creatures we can't imagine
evolve to replace us with a greater wisdom.
With waves of heat and waves of drought.
Wind and tides will evacuate our shores.
Our control of nature is a silly story we've told
ourselves as long as I can remember. We control
nothing. Not the ocean currents,
not the upper level wind currents,
not the rate at which the earth warms
burned by coal, petroleum, and methane.
Imagine Venus. Imagine Earth
cloaked in gasses that allow the heat in
and then retain it. We will be erased
by forces we ignored and can't
comprehend. The mounds of our dead
will stink up the skies for awhile
then vanish as creatures we can't imagine
evolve to replace us with a greater wisdom.
Maybe, maybe not. No doubt we act like renters who plan on getting evicted.
Maybe Mom Nature will have mercy on us, altho we sure as hell don't deserve it.
Thank you, Verkaro.
Thank you, Matt.
Yes, it's a worry, Gary. Enjoyed your poem.
Yikes, Gary! Scare the hell outa us why don't you. Ah, send a copy to the POTUS, will you?
Thank you, Erika.
Thank you, Ed.
"We control // nothing."
Feels that way.
Well said, Gary *
Thank you, Bill.
Thank you, Foster.
Thank you, Bill.
Thank you, Foster.
Love the bare bone honesty of the poem. A ring of brutal truth to it in every line, and beautifully conveyed.
Well done Gary. *****
Thank you, Javed.
Our poor scientists and applied technologists! They seem not to appreciate the growing perception worldwide that in pursuit of their disciplines, they mastered chemistry and physics simply to ignore chemical and physical realities. They baffle us, they baffle themselves.
Only poets can see. Good work.
Thank you, Edward.
I think of Frost a little. Fire and Ice--is that the title? This is that extrapolated, but more hopeful with your ending.
Thank you, Dianne.
Gary is always a must read for me. I know I will be shaken, but with true friendship.
Well, shit, that's one big damn eraser! *
Thank you, Darryl.
Thank you, Tim.
*, Gary. Woe is us. Maybe
Thank you, David.
Inevitable. Spot on, as always, Gary.:)
Thank you, Kitty.