Raped Wood

by Mr. Darcy   May 16, 2008


Hark now, the trees' prayer,
you can hear its sound.
Place ear upon bark.
you'll hear it quite loud.

Don't mock me or scoff,
trees are old and wise,
They have much to say
on this world's demise.

Man is the vandal,
raping their wood,
for thousands of years,
just stealing what's good.

They pillage the land,
'til it's barren and spent.
Just bloodsucking beasts,
Man's twisted and bent.

Peak in the future,
the forests are gone,
trees only a memory,
a distant heart's song.

Creatures die gasping
at poisoned thin air.
The planet's new growth,
Disease and despair.

Pray that this message
makes mankind aware.
End this war upon land
Hark now, the trees' prayer.

Copyright
18.05.08
09.59
M. Moran

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  • 7 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Hello Michael,

    A trip back in time here and I notice two things have changed in the eight years since: 1) we now seem to concentrate our efforts not just on destroying the trees, but also each other. 2) You no longer write rhyming poetry quite so often! Obviously, the former is more relevant and a good deal more important...

    Man seems intent on destroying something - anything - as long as he is proving his might and acquiring things selfishly. We have not learned and I fear that we will not ever learn. Whether that leaves us forestless and with a fair few less of us than are here now, who knows? but nothing good can come of our current plight, surely.

    Just a couple of quick suggestions to possibly improve the flow even further (it's already very good)

    First stanza: 'Place YOUR ear upon the bark'

    Third stanza: I wouldn't contract the 'what's' at the end, ie, 'what IS good'.

    Fifth: 'The forests are ALL gone'

    ^^

    All up to you, Michael, but either way, an important and well written piece.

    All the very best,

    Ben

  • 15 years ago

    by Grant Gilbert AKA Slash

    I live in South Africa sad to say,this poem strikes very close to home,people in general are very selfish.In my country people do excactly that, they destroy our indigenous forests which are all protected and the people charged with looking after the forests are often found to be a culprit.It was nice to see just last night on telly they built a road around a 500-600 year old yellow wood tree at a cost of five million rand.Excellent write as usual you don't dissapoint

    Grant

  • 15 years ago

    by victoria

    This peice is very WELL written. Its flowed very nicely!

    Keep on writting.

  • 15 years ago

    by NicoleBaby101

    Awsome!!!!!!!!!!

  • 15 years ago

    by Crystal Rose Blooming

    What a perfect poem with an important message.
    Perfect flow, great imagery. A favorite for me.