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What does it mean ‘inherit the world’ To receive on a silver platter Our parent’s throwaways Mountains of Styrofoam Drenched with acid rain Soon the only trees will be On display in glass cases ‘Take this world and make it better’ They throw us the torch But the flame is gone Already extinguished They want us to revolutionize To recreate the fervor or the sixties But don’t they realize – We are the same as them. We will smoke ourselves Into a stupor We will lose our Youthful optimism And sell out, drive miatas Look to our children As a means to our salvation How can you change a world Caught in a cycle of Vision fading into desire It is an impossible challenge To slow the disintegration of Our revolving orb – To make the world a better place, For our children, But I am full of youth and vigor I have boundless, groundless faith I will take up the torch And relight it I will finish what I start. Death will be the only obstacle I will not overcome.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 6/23/2010 10:49:00 AM
Great work. .no one can overcome death,but through death we live again,great great verses!Celene!
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Date: 6/21/2010 1:25:00 PM
Thanks for your comment, Scarlett, but those are not my personal beliefs. I appreciate your reading my poetry and respect your perspective on life. Keep on writing!
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Date: 6/21/2010 1:22:00 PM
If you read your Bible you will know that there will also be a new heaven and new earth someday. Enjoyed your poem. Scarlett
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Date: 6/18/2010 5:28:00 PM
enjoyed reading, thoughts to ponder today.
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Date: 6/18/2010 1:27:00 PM
I agree with Susan on the fact that it was well written, however I don't believe any allusion to God will reverse any ecological catastophe, this needs to be solved by we, who dit it, in THIS life, the only life we get, the only light we will see. It will be through science and technology; geoengineering techniques are promising, thus it is not all pessimism, when one discusses environmentalism. (In my opinion). Thanks for this upload, I enjoyed it. Regards, Gavin.
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Date: 6/18/2010 10:43:00 AM
Well written! Looking forward to when God will undo the damage. (Revelation 11:18)
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