A Little Girl's View

I was going on a vacation with my family one day, We thought we would head down Louisiana way. It was great being with my wife and daughter, Until I saw a black bird coming out of the water. It struggled to get to the beach we were on, When we looked again, it seemed to be gone. But it was there, floundering on the beach, Along with the fish, shrimp, and other birds just out of reach. All of them were strewn on the beach so far, Each was deathly sick, and blackened like tar. The sand which I knew should have been pristine, But the vision we saw was a totally different thing. The waves that approached were black with goo, Carrying more dead and dying creatures too. "Can't we help them, Daddy?", my little girl said, "Not now, dear, as most of them will be dead"! "But why are they dying?", she said to me, How could I explain about the oil from BP? "There was an accident from an oil company's rig", said I, My little girl looked at the animals and began to cry. I tried to explain that man uses so much oil, He has to drill in the earth, sometimes in underwater soil. "Well then we need to stop it if the animals die!" "I know", I said, "We just haven't tried". "I will try harder to not use oil", she said, "Especially if so many pretty creatures will end up dead!" I held her close and wiped her tears, Knowing full well that she was wise beyond her years. "I'll try too", I said to her, Not wanting to see this again occur. So I've made a pact with myself to be, Less OIL dependent so that others may see. If I have to walk a little more than so be it, It's better than having to watch the death of an Egret. Pehaps we could all take a stance, And with Big Oil, not take the chance. For anytime man's greedy hand gets into the mix, Then the environment is always in for a fix. But we can change, adapt, and try to help out, By being less dependent of Big Oil's clout. We had to come home early because of the spill, Like most people, we tasted that bitter pill. So now on a crusade with my daughter I will go, Trying hard to advise others and put them in the know. Especially of what I have seen thru my little girl's eyes, Those sickening deaths under clear blue skies. I will do my best to get others to stop in their oily run, Not only from BP, but Shell, Citgo, Marathon, and Exxon!