Some may look at the painting below and see winter — I saw much more.
Art by:Fay Collins
Human ignorance
has prevailed
COVID was victorious
it has wiped out
much of human life
years of struggle
and strife
the ones
the “Cove” didn’t get
were wiped out yet
in the plethora of wars
the mask wars
the vax wars
the race wars
the tech wars
the water wars
the food wars
the fuel wars
the no-more-war
wars
like a dumpster fire
after dumpster fire
of unbridled desire
atrocity after atrocity
of brutal ferocity
devastation after devastation
with little hesitation
humans were fools
intolerant
greedy
uncontrolled
fools
mindlessly wielding
devastating tools
ignoring the rules
of nature
their destructive hand
polluted the land
poisoned the seas
destroyed the air
they just didn’t care
they even have the earth
reeling it their wake
making mistake
after mistake
see the barren soil
the brittle dead bushes
the spindly leafless trees
the absence of all plant life
the great mandala turns
the earth burns
all that covers the ground
is a green
moss-like fungi
poinous to humans
if there were any humans
there are not
their remains rot
in grey gnarled piles
spread over miles
no animals remain
gone insane
driven by cupidity
endless fevered stupidity
humans managed
to wipe them away
day after day
‘til everyone of them
gone from the planet
even these hills
once teeming with forests
are frozen
dead
lifeless
sorrowful
they had been warned
over
and over
and over
again
and again
and then…
they blew it
we knew it
this is a portrait
of human arrogance
when we replace them
any alive
we will erase them
the damage they’ve done
will be undone
we will be far
far better stewards
they failed
we will not
when the earth’s toxicity
has finally abated
we will land
and expand
we will terraform earth
back into the paradise
we first encountered
many millennia ago
restore its beauty
restore its worth
we have watched
we are patient
we knew they would
destroy themselves
they couldn’t
just wouldn’t
help themselves
we are the Brin
coming again
this time
we stay
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rob kistner © 2021
Happy Thanksgiving
Poetry at: dVerse
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