Are we villains with no place
In Nature's world, quite out of grace?
We're inclined to want control;
Have other species pay a toll.
But our species is a part of this,
Result of Nature's contra kiss.
Should we condemn ourselves and pray;
Or is it not our lot to say?
We're prone to this when we've screwed up,
Feel unworthy, gulp the hemlock cup.
Can we let go of our way;
Forsake our goals; ask Nature's way?
Perhaps humility's the thing:
Ask what Nature has to bring.
The answer is, I might confess,
That Nature's here. She'll fix the mess.
Mother Nature doesn't care
That we messed it up , She'll still repair.
She'll work it out, time's no constraint;
She's just amused we'd want to taint,
Try to control. subject our world,
As is we're gods outside the fold.
We're only one part of this mess.
Which, in time, Nature will redress.
Tapping the Keg of Feelings, Imagination and Inspiration. Posts to this blog first appeared as poems and thoughts in The Poet and the Pendulum,@2001,Lee Neubert Lindeman, Lighthouse Keeper Publishing, Cape Cod, MA. That collection was originally intended to be a kind of memoir for my four sons and their families. I've been surprised and grateful that some of my offerings have touched others. That positive feedback encourages my staying around.
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- Eastham, Cape Cod, MA, United States
- Retired CEO of an industrial company,now a work/life navigation career counselor and coach, I have enjoyed writing since my English major days at Amherst College. I self-published "The Poet and the Pendulum" in 2001, sixty some poems, rhymes and doggerels of my own. I decided to publish a blog after reading respected journalists likening blogs to pamphlets and papers published during the founding days of this country. I feel strongly the need for alternatives to the so-called main stream media, generally acknowledged and considered to have political leanings. MSM also can be influenced by big money and/or the need to maintain access to politicians; both behaviors usually resulting in the pulling of punches,and often asscociated with taking a dive for money, attributes of greed and cowardice. I am registered to vote, with no political affiliation. In MA there is no Independent category. I support individuals who are recognized as authorities on important issues, and definitely not simply because they happen to be, for a time, in positions of authority.
5 comments:
A unique way of looking at our place in the scheme of things. I like the line, "Feel unworthy, gulp the hemlock cup." Drunk a bit of that in my time, have you?
Kat
humility is the key i think you're right
Yes, we are villains, and Nature will get rid of us if we do not alter our ways significantly.
Hey Lee, found your poetry blog off of the Voice Crying out the Wilderness Blog. Try neopoet if you haven't been there.
I contribute there will my rhymmings.
http://www.neopoet.com/node/7204
Try this one on for size if you get the chance.
Rich
Yes, I oft wonder if natural selection will ultimately decide that humans are to be weeded out of the garden.
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