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Is that Too Much to Ask For?
I Only Want to Save the World
Is that too much to ask for?
Yeah, I dream big... but so what!
I'm just tired of the threats rising out of the depths
From a bottomless pit deeper than the core of the world
Beneath the boiling pit burning within their bloated egos
As the retching eruption of volcanic gas ignites
That won't be as destructive as the population explosion
Expelling methane into city sewers and overflowing landfills
Seven billion exhaust ports screaming in exhalation
Futilely trying to bottle the dragon's fiery breath
When the glaciers melt away fresh water dissipates
As the ocean is encroaching further onto futile soil
Unfit to grow crops or for animal consumption
Not even honey bees can find a pea to pollinate
Yet we're still burning fossil fuels to pollute the last of Earth's fresh air
Smothering all hope of returning our world to hues of green and blue
So to answer the obvious before we breathe our final breath
I only want to save the world
Is that too much to ask for?
Is that too much to ask for?
Yeah, I dream big... but so what!
I'm just tired of the threats rising out of the depths
From a bottomless pit deeper than the core of the world
Beneath the boiling pit burning within their bloated egos
As the retching eruption of volcanic gas ignites
That won't be as destructive as the population explosion
Expelling methane into city sewers and overflowing landfills
Seven billion exhaust ports screaming in exhalation
Futilely trying to bottle the dragon's fiery breath
When the glaciers melt away fresh water dissipates
As the ocean is encroaching further onto futile soil
Unfit to grow crops or for animal consumption
Not even honey bees can find a pea to pollinate
Yet we're still burning fossil fuels to pollute the last of Earth's fresh air
Smothering all hope of returning our world to hues of green and blue
So to answer the obvious before we breathe our final breath
I only want to save the world
Is that too much to ask for?
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Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 2:36pm
yeah sweety, that's too much to ask...... but there's nothing wrong with trying, eh?! :) This poem is actually horrifying to read, knowing that it's the printed truth. xo
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Re: Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 2:54pm
Suicide by carbon monoxide & dioxide, it's a double barrel shot gun with one trigger to blow our collective brain out... it is indeed horrifying!!! Thank you for commenting Tara. That was faster than Quick Draw McGraw... lol
JJ
JJ
Re: Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 6:48pm
If you have a chance, check out the Earth day comp I started. There's almost a week left before it ends... as long as the world doesn't end sooner...
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/8764/
jj
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/8764/
jj
Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 2:49pm
Re: Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 2:58pm
Thank you for commenting Willow. There's still time to stop the madness, add your voice in poetic protest in the Earth day comp. JJ
Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 2:53pm
Re: Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 3:00pm
Thanks for commenting Brenda! I feel compelled to advocate for the life of she who birthed us all!
JJ
JJ
Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 3:59pm
Not too much to ask for at all ! Mother Nature is showing signs of anger from our destructive ways ... those who are in denial are the scariest of all ...
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Re: Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 6:35pm
Thanks for commenting jemac! Extreme weather is Mother Nature's terribly swift sword... we can't fight hurricanes and tornados and floods and blizzards and droughts... some deny the obvious and others are so greedy to accumulate as much as much wealth as possible that they couldn't care less as ling as they have more.
JJ
JJ
Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
18th Apr 2016 8:54pm
Love it.
Is to much to ask i Wonder God could we get a Peace of land Project name i Peace land where Everything belongs to not one. Just Good People no color of skin. No religion oh my that's to much to ask poetry man?
Is to much to ask i Wonder God could we get a Peace of land Project name i Peace land where Everything belongs to not one. Just Good People no color of skin. No religion oh my that's to much to ask poetry man?
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Re: Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
19th Apr 2016 00:37am
Well that's pretty much what John Lennon said in Imagine 45 years ago. I'm just another dreamer... Thanks for commenting Sena!
JJ
JJ
Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
20th Apr 2016 9:56pm
deep, profound and most likely accurate - it's not a cosy bedtime story for anyone, especially deniers and greedy businessmen, unfortunately they are still ignoring the message. It is greed and the search for profit that will kill us and harm the planet - my only joy is that once we are extinct the planet will heal itself and carry on, better, without us :-)
excellent ink :-)
excellent ink :-)
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Re: Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
20th Apr 2016 10:26pm
What a shame that no one will be here to enjoy it! We might be the only planet in the entire freekin universe with life on it and we don't appreciate what we have here.
Thanks for commenting David! JJ
Thanks for commenting David! JJ
Re. Is that Too Much to Ask For?
26th Apr 2016 00:58am