Best Poems Written by Gary Taylor

Needed Change

The world spins
Making its way around the sun again
Millions of years in rotation
It knows not 
What happens on its surface
It just continues its task
And fulfills its purpose 
Mindless to the tragedies 
And suffering 
That is covering it
The earth gives us all we need
Food to eat
Water to drink 
and the air to breath
But no one seems to see
Or give a damn
Wanting more and fighting for
Things we don't need
We are a weed calling ourselves man
Destroying the land 
It's so unfair
But it allows our way of life
So we don't care
We process everything we consume
Because subsidence isn't enough
And even though no one can truly own
This big rock we call home
We feel we lack enough space 
And refuse to share with 
Certain others in our race
Telling them you can't cross 
the invisible line
Because this is all mine!
Until it's no longer enough
And we bust
Into someone else's 
And force them to give it up
By any means necessary 
we deploy
Willing to kill 
To Destroy
The land and its inhabitants 
To build more factories 
It's a tragedy 
Ruining the air with emissions
And cutting down the tree
That reconditions 
And recycles the oxygen
What's the smartest species again?
We deface this earth
That's been maintaining us since birth
We Kill out entire species 
Hunt just for fun
Live like earth isn't important
Like there's another one
Wake up 
This is ed up
How long will this place last
When it's trying to heal
And we are killing it twice as fast
We are conveniently blind to the facts
What is it that we've really achieved
Boats, planes, cars, trains
Making the air smell strange
Landfills
over filled 
Throwing out half our meals
Going past the pollution limit
Making deals
To continue it
Meaningless bombs explodin
Leaked Chemicals causing erosion
Mining the earth hallow 
For elements 
To fuel, to build, or just to look at
And refusing to circumvent 
Because it makes money
And it's convenient
Oh yes, money
The root of all evil
The reason two men 
are no longer? equal
A made up device
Used as a vise
To control 
So powerful
It can corrupt souls
Cause wars 
Makes people blind
To the wrongs they commit 
And makes them lose their minds
In order to get more of it
Few will admit
But everything done
Under the sun
Is for idol number one
The almighty dollar 
It's worth everything 
To everybody
Worth more then 
Ones health ,Love ,friends, or
Even ourselves
We need to change direction
Offer earth protection
Find cleaner ways to live
Show each other respect love
And affection 
Join as one

Copyright © Gary Taylor | Year Posted 2018