Erosion Poem by Bob Blackwell

Erosion

Rating: 3.4


Erosion

Starts
with empty churches
and no moral lessons
taught at home.
Parental guidance,
too engrossed in self
and magic picture shows.

Many
young minds
grow without
guardianship or care,
no guidance given,
no ethics, discipline,
no moral code,
to help guide
their future life.

Lost
peer pressure wins the
battle for young minds.
Each young spirit lost
one less soul banked
for future of our world.

Youth
now cowled,
hides intent,
young conscience, no
rights or wrongs
scruple fires are cold, no
fuel, no nourishment,
nothing taught, so
many souls now dead.

How
can we afford to loose?
Young talent not
nurtured, gives out
no creative promise!
So much waste, so
much promise lost.

To
graffiti walls in the
art schools of the street,
that give expression
to the secret codes,
that mean a
gang of sameness,
the belonging makes
them strong.

Many
experience and feel,
The pain of indifference,
The pain of boredom,
The pain of misunderstood,
The pain of defiance and
The pain of guilt.

Pain
needs a potion,
intoxicant prescribed,
to alleviate the pain,
makes life exciting.
so they do not care,
they laugh, they make
a noise, make trouble,
so we’ll notice them.

What
hope for future lives?
Same values taught,
by those already lost,
same sad intent, still
no book of ethics, still
no principles, no guide
or moral code.

Erosion
means a slow but
gradual decay,
a mould, a rust,
a deterioration, that
never stops, it erodes
the soil, the growth of
future births: descendent
families still to come.
The rot just multiplies.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
David Harris 08 November 2009

Bob, I agree with you wholeheartedly on this one. You can see the erosion everywhere. The parent cannot punish anymore, discipline in schools is so controlled that the teachers live in fear. All you hear is that is against their human rights. Maybe those who make up the stupid laws that give the children the rights to get people arrested it they are punished and taught discipline, should stand back, keep their big mouths shut and see the damage they have done in the erosion of our society. Top marks plus for this true statement of our declining society and thanks for sharing it with us my friend. All the best David

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Tsira Goge 08 November 2009

nothing taught, so many souls now dead. same sad intent, still no book of ethics, still no principles, no guide or moral code. ................................. Bob, You write true... Which is a heavy theme for me too..10..... Best wishes, Tsira

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Kerry O'Connor 09 November 2009

Many a true word spoken here, Bob. Moral and intellectual decay is an unfortunate by-product of the modern world. Thanks for reminding us. Kerry

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Mimi Fakhira 18 November 2009

A world full of problems that consumes too much time to solve, repeats too much mistakes from the past and destroys too much hope for the future. Wisdom is fading from young people. The older generation is now worried and wondering, what will happen next? This poem shines a beautiful light of hope and belief despite the reality it holds in its words... a reality others find too hard to accept, but that is the flaw of time, things change and evolve, and it's up to us to mould it into something good or bad. A very thoughtful and powerful poem...10++++++.

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Ritty Patnaik 16 November 2009

dear bob....building up a balanced character for the youth of the world is seriously on the decay.it is the multiple responsibility, of parents and society at large., because these youths are our future.the poem is like a warning for all to heed to the betterment of our children.very well written and i am really impressed with your dedication.....my best wishes.....ritty

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C. P. Sharma 15 November 2009

'Erosion Oh, sweet erosion, break me and make me whole Oh, erosion, would you wash away my sins! ' Jonathan Mark Foreman

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Kesav Easwaran 10 November 2009

a poem giving stress on morals ethics values, voicing concern over their erosion in modern Young lives...noble thoughts noble words Bob, as always from you...10

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Raj Nandy 09 November 2009

You have written on an important subject and also covered its various facets! Apart from gradual soil erosin with the felling of trees, - there is also a gradual erosin of values in human beings! In this materialistic society where people take short- cuts with loans! They become too busy & the child is left uncared at home! Discipline and good manners should be taught in schools during a child's formative years; no use of repenting later by shedding useless tears! For your poem 10 + -Raj

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