Resource Wars Ravaged Earth Ecosystems Poem by Terence George Craddock

as a youth baby if lucky
we grew in the arms of love
but the world was cruel

violent ignorant full of oiled lies
in many places beyond our doorsteps
famine starvation intolerant wars

raged in far forgotten to western eyes
far away places where rubber oil resources
from ground ripped in foreign countries

were exploited to fill industrial pockets
elite rich spiders plundered earth biosphere
webs destructive left waste slag toxic heaps

ground ripped raped ravaged wounds
weep in barren sites where nothing sleeps
trees plants animals life no longer peeps

from paradise verdant luscious green veils
where life miraculous in web awe ecosystems
once light arose astounded eye enriched lungs

Copyright © Terence George Craddock