Sunday, September 24, 2017

BECAUSE OF US / The Sunday Whirl & Poets United

Because of Us


the earth quakes and shakes              is it in response to our own quaking and shaking

our faux leader                       of orange hair             scraped from the bottom of the barrel

has severed our hopes            caused us to lock our doors                in fear            

because of us                          or our actions              the earth has responded

terrible storms                        people say                   they have never seen anything like it

the earth shrugged                 in Mexico                    hundreds killed

chained to our fate     we cannot chase our fears away       too late for rebellion

nothing to be done                 except to take pen in hand     and brace ourselves

for what will be written         we reached the crossroads                years ago

we could have taken another course             we didn’t         we live now with our choice

September 24, 2017                          

           



13 comments:

brudberg said...

there are those who want the world to burn, there are those believing that salvation lies in exodus... me, I believe that nature can beat us any time it will....

Sherry Blue Sky said...

I have the same thoughts and reflections, Annell. These are harsh times. Thanks for adding your voice to the conversation.

scotthastiepoet said...

Yes, I agree and like you I fear the die is already cast - strong write...

ayala said...

Hard consequences ...lately it's just been one disaster... after another...so sad.

Namy said...

Hard days but I believe we must have hope it will turn around.

Donna@LivingFromHappiness said...

Yes it seems we made our bed and now we lie in it....I think in order to push the pendulum in the opposite direction from fear and destruction we need to keep turning to love, to hope and to reaching out to one another...in spite of the orange menace.

Bekkie Sanchez said...

Yes our bad. As a people I'm ashamed of what we've done to the planet and these mad laws we follow that give us no rights. The main religion being money and status (which grow on each other).

Sanaa Rizvi said...

These are difficult times ... sigh.. sad.. :(

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

I don't l think we can blame the man with orange hair for this! (Though he sure isn't helping.) Alas, we made those choices long before, or failed to make the ones that would have had a better outcome – 'we reached the crossroads' as you say, 'years ago'.

Wendy Bourke said...

Brilliant and impactful - equally thought-provoking read both ways.

Nicholas said...

I completely understand you Annell. Brilliantly typed. Good job.

ZQ said...

Excellent! I always play with your style I read the first line down and from the bottom and read the next line up and so forth. The whole was great but those lines on that order take a very different meaning to me. very unique.
ZQ

Anonymous said...

The things going on right now should be cause of reflection. (and maybe action)

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