As Flies To Wanton Boys Are We To Th' Gods
...66 Million years ago
Fireball from the sky hits
Echoing life-planet,
Snuffing almost all in darkness
Mouse like burrowing under the inferno.
1750
People harvested like wheat
Strong men, ch...
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Categories:
unliveable, environment,
Form: Free verse
Rain Forests
...RAIN FORESTS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
When I consult my pillow each night
The question is how to solve this planet’s plight
I’ve narrowed it down to a fork in the road
Take the left, utter destruc...
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Categories:
unliveable, allegory, conflict, culture, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
A Griot's Prospectus
...I was born like any man
And look how different we use the day
To toll our lives against the sand
Through hour glass running away
In sterile classrooms fettered to pride
I wasted my years to hear...
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Categories:
unliveable, philosophy
Form: Verse
Why
...Ive tryed to learn
Ive tryed to fly
all you seem to want
is for me to cry
Tryed to run
tryed to hide
you love my pain
youll love when I die
I said I would follow you to the end of time
but ...
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Categories:
unliveable, angst, art, confusion, death,
Form: Ballad