The Line
Hollywood, FL
2015, Senior, Poetry & Spoken Word
Upon our Earth
Life was given birth
Creating Nature
And a separation
Of the Mature
And the truly natural,
A relationship broken by a great line
Of duty and capability.
The Unnatural
And the Natural
Have a fine line
Drawn between their kinds.
One has intellectually evolved,
Surpassed the rest
Become the best
By becoming a brain,
And creating a true society.
The other physically evolved,
But may be laid to rest
As the brain overpowers
Nature’s basic brawn
With its industrial towers.
This line will never cease
Neither shall be released
From the bond they share
And the responsibilities they bear.
We, the Mature,
Do not care
For the responsibilities
We bear
We waste and litter,
Pollute and pity
That which we destroy
And cause to wither.
We devastate,
Obliterate
Populations,
Environments
Yet we still question, why?
Why do they die?
Why do they cry?
Why do we defy,
Our great responsibilities?
Plastics,
Oils,
Hydrocarbons,
The most natural of natural,
Yet the most unnatural of the unnatural.
They should exist
But we persist
To manipulate
And devastate
The Brawn
Which we think is our pawn.
In the ocean blue
Here we find a clue
That can answer our queries
And eliminate our obituaries.
Here in the sea
We find trash and chemicals
They’re all we can see
As we wish for miracles,
To save us from ourselves,
And them from us as well
But miracles will not come
Not even just for some.
We all must work
To save where nature lurks.
Without Nature we are nothing
Without us, Nature would be better off
But it is too late,
Nature is dying
From the changes we set off.
Our bonds to each other have grown
We will die without each other
But we bear the burden now
After Nature cared for us.
We damaged Nature,
We damaged our oceans,
We damaged our planet,
We damaged ourselves.
Plastics are everywhere,
Pollution diffuses
But not equally
And not safely.
Animals are dying,
Chemicals poison them,
Plastics choke them,
Pollution kills them,
We kill them.
We are not safe
We, the Mature,
Truly are Immature,
We have evolved
But our planet has devolved
And it’s all thanks to us
The Immature,
The Ignorant,
The Arrogant,
Those who bear larger burdens
As we try to grow,
As we try to develop,
As we try to become Mature.
But, we cannot stop
Not for our societies,
And not for ourselves.
But we must try
Try to end the world’s pains,
Try to reduce pollution,
Try to use green energy,
Try to reduce,
Try to reuse,
Try to recycle,
And try to learn,
Learn to truly advance,
Advance to a higher point,
A point where we can survive,
Where they can survive,
Where we can be bonded by responsibility,
By our burdens.
Only may we survive
If we try to strive
To save our planet,
To save our oceans,
To save Nature
And all that it provides for us
Not only did it create us,
But it supports us
With resources
Resources for our endeavors,
Resources for food,
Resources to grow,
Resources to advance,
Resources to live.
The oceans,
The planet,
The humans,
The societies,
The most natural of the natural,
The most unnatural of the unnatural,
Here we coexist
Here we must survive,
Here we must support each other,
Here we will take responsibility for our line.
Lest will we be the curse of our Earth.
Reflection
What is the Main Idea of the Poem?
-Humans are part of nature but have surpassed other beings in complexity by developing larger, more
powerful brains, yet these brains have led us to inevitable self-destruction as we go on a warpath
against that which is still considered natural, wildlife and the environment.
How do you Believe we are Destroying Ourselves?
-Our path to destruction is paved with the overuse of primitive technologies that release chemicals and
waste into the natural world and cause it to be toxified and degraded yet still, we rely on nature to
survive for even the most basic of resources, food and water namely, thusly, we are tied to nature in
that it gives us resources, nature has become linked to us by our polluting of the Earth which now
threatens the entire world so we must fight to defend it to preserve both ourselves and the natural
world.
What Message are you Trying to Send?
We, as powerful humans, have a duty to protect the planet because it is us who destroyed it and if we
do not save the planet we will all end up dead some time in the future or, the Earth will simply be an
abandoned wasteland with all hope lost for repairing its biosphere therefore, we must make efforts to
reduce our pollution by regulating properly, behaving properly, and advancing technologies so that
they become not only more environmentally-friendly but also so that they are more efficient.