Oceans Full of Tears

Oceans full of tears 
A sea sick with fear
Where lonely fish swim in ridicule and plastic

For mother earth listens and blisters from
Bombastic rhetoric from climatic heretics – don’t you get it?

A sustainable future, but a suture on open wounds
A world in constant triage 
A cease-fire on the horizon?

Listen to your heart, feel the rhythm of life 
Take a little slice, don’t roll the dice

Mother earth still listens through the trees, her songs on the breeze
A melody through your hair 
That caresses those that know;

How to see the light, on a forest floor
Cascading spectrum's 
Through dew drops bursting with life

That all may follow in her footsteps 
So light of tread
For a brighter world ahead
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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A  Avatar
June 22, 2015 at 4:57 PM
Mark, Congrats on your awesome win. LOVE SKAT
A   Avatar
June 22, 2015 at 4:02 PM
nice win. pd
Allison Avatar
June 22, 2015 at 3:36 PM
a touching write Mark many congrats:-) hugs Jan xx
Wigley Avatar
June 21, 2015 at 11:10 PM
Marvellous write, Mark. Well done in the comp. Regards, Viv
Ngoma Avatar
June 14, 2015 at 8:19 AM
Thank you for your wisdome Mark, this is write is potent...rgds, 7habang
Lindley Avatar
July 27, 2014 at 12:06 AM
Title grabbed me and the write kept me! "That all may follow in her footsteps So light of tread For a brighter world ahead" Ending cap sings my friend!!!!
Trichet Avatar
July 28, 2014 at 1:35 AM
Thanks Robert, so glad you enjoyed it.
Andresen Avatar
July 9, 2014 at 8:27 AM
- A touching but still a beautiful poem, Mark !!! - "Listen to your heart, feel the rhythm of life" (Love this line) - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
Trichet Avatar
July 9, 2014 at 11:58 PM
Glad you enjoyed it. Youre so kind
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