Infringement

Stripped bare the earth would be a black void space
Mankind’s existence gone without a trace
No grass to cover the hollow ground
No dirt to hide the rocks below
No trees to give the wind sound
No water to shelter lost cities and treasures
No stories to tell or books to write
No pains and no pleasures
No one to say what is wrong or right
No there would be nothing to share
If the earth were stripped bare
But if the earth was a black void space
There would be no man to strip it bare
In the first place
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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May 19, 2009 at 7:45 PM
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