A
pale pale face
and pale pale eyes
staring right at you
seeming to despise
choosing to condemn
wanting you to know
poison being the reason
for the pale face to show.
Shock and total horror
at the Oceans demise
shock and horror
from the pale, pale eyes.
LadyP© 2011
Pen Pusher, I just write when the mood takes me, and wherever my imagination wants to go I try to follow.... 
● Poems 'n Stuff ● 
Beautiful rhythm nearly disguising a mournful warning. As a scuba diver for over forty years I’ve witness first hand and sadly to say participated, in her demise.
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So much at peril, Earl, now and again a poem comes to mind when another tragedy hits at the Oceans of the World.,
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The oceans, the air, the jungles, the forests…everything being stripped away. Though the time for Mother earth to re invent herself is coming, it cannot be denied that we have hastened that time…
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We have indeed Shree, and we know what’s happening but no-one is prepared to make the sacrifices needed to pull us back from the brink., and finally work in Harmony with The Earth..x
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a special poem about a very painful subject… words fail
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This poem seemed to just write itself, Monica, before words failed me…x
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It takes love and courage not to turn away, Pen. You have them both.
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many thanks Monica, for this comment, means such a lot. xx
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Pen, now I’m focusing on these interlocking spheres … at the heart of the universe?? Love them.
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I found it on Photobucket I think Monica, it’s called the Celtic Wheel of Being … seemed very, very appropriate … xx
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Very good poem hun – we really ARE killing the world!
Thanks for the visit and the comment.
What has happened in Japan is horrendous and the Fukushima reactors are the icing on the cake.
No wonder I got a headache – I kept choking back tears with the news reports from the disaster zone.
Nobody should suffer like this and Japan has suffered sooo much….
The headache went as I rested – after I did my emails! LoL!!!
Let’s hope God is listening – we could both do with some good news!
Love and squishy hugs!
Prenin.
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Yes, Sir Prenin, lets hope so, and I hope what/whoever being is out there, takes care of this World of Ours, and doesn’t leave it solely in our hands… hugs to you..x
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The rhythm to this poem fits the movement of a fish, I think, Pen. How many species know it is us? I imagine all of them, really. Good poem!
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The poem almost wrote itself Leslie, I imagine the marine life have no idea what hit them, and other wildlife are just striving to survive … Many thanks my friend..xx
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Depressing! mankind will be damned for his greed and selfishness towards the planet.
I’m off to bed to read Doris Day’s autobiography. g’night Pen and Lady Bess.XX
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Very depressing Arlene, and a poem which just came from the vast emptiness , (my brain!!!) … Lets hope mankind wakes up before too long, maybe there’s a time limit? Hope Doris Days Autobiography was a good read…xx
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Hello, Lady Bess. I hope you’re keeping Lady Pen out of trouble. If an apple can be compared with earth, we are living on the apple peeling, thin and irreplaceable. If mankind is to survive, the ocean, air, and earth must be tended carefully and lovingly. I’m afraid that by the time everyone realizes that the earth is special , our resources will be gone. Thanks for sharing your poem.
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Lady Bess is being a pain today,Dan, keeps fiddling with the TV remote!! 😉
Many thanks for your views on the dire situation my friend, and sharing the poem seems all I can do. xx
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I like the flowing of this poem Lady Pen
and it has a really good and solid meaning…
Have a lovely weekend now…
Androgoth XXx
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many thanks Andro, it flowed and had a meaning all of it’s own whilst I just typed and recorded … Have a wonderful week-end my friend, You and Jen both, I’ll be watching West Ham vs Man United…. xx
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Yo Pen! Well Done on ur enlightening blog. We do indeed have 2 look after out oceans. We are ALL responsible 4 them. Good Blog! Wishin u a Wonderful Weekend! Luv PF XXX
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Good to ‘see’ you again, PF seems like ages… 😀
and many thanks for your comment, It’s a depressing thought and a totally depressing situation we’ve put ourselves and everything else in, lets hope we can pull back form the brink in time..,
Have a great week-end my friend…xx
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Grew up at the ocean, live on the prairies now, but return to the ocean whenever I can. New life and new hope arise from the ocean. Purrrs, Woofs, Coughs and ++ Love, cat.
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New life and new hope, I do pray so Cat, take care my friend, and woofs, Purrs and *coughs* from me and her….xx
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It’s a terrible thing, what we’ve done to the earth and the oceans. Another good one, Pen.
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Thanks Robin, seemed to write itself. Maybe I’m being controlled? But I would have thought someone with more power and influence would have been a better subject methinks.. 😉 xx
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Words that need saying Pen; well written.
Hugs,
Beth
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Thanks Beth, words which I fear will be repeated time and time again, ’til mankind wakes up and smells the poison…xx
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Hi Pen, its awful what is happening to our oceans and earth. it makes you wonder if there will ever be peace and a clean planet as long as mankind are on it…. lovely poem, have a great weekend.
Love Summer
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IT does indeed Summer, and sometimes I wonder … were we planted here by mistake? Maybe we should have gone somewhere less…delicate…and so easily destructible, made that way by our presence … WE have done so much damage in so few years, compared with how long the Dinosaurs ruled…(160 million years) makes you think doesn’t it? Have a great week-end my friend xx
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I like that last comment you made just above my own here. We don’t deserve the beauty we were given here in this world. We aren’t even close to being good stewards.
xox
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HI Carole, isn’t it a shame we can’t just accept and live with Nature, we always seem to be finding new ways to destroy ourselves and the rest of the innocent inhabitants of Earth. I think our membership should be rescinded… xx
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very powerful, true words Pen.
lovely rhythm and repeat of phrases.
message with very few, clever use of words.
lovely and sad.
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MY thanks Bex, I just wish it didn’t need to be said. What would it take for us to live in harmony with the natural World about us? Instead we find ourselves in dire need of re-schooling in the art of survival, and learning to leave well alone.. xx
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Take care of and respect Mother Earth, and Mother Earth will take care of us. This is not happening! Many people are not hearing Mother Earth cry, or seeing the warnings. The voices of our top scientists are telling us where we are headed, and it seems that the only voices that are heard are the voices of big money. Polluted water and air is everywhere, and in some places it is a struggle to see the sun. Raging fires are breaking out in … Global warming, depletion of natural resources, species extinction (due to humans), ecological and environmental destruction, crime… the list can keep going. I can imagine ourselves being responsible for the end of mankind too!
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Me Too Seth, and countless others, but their voices are drowned out by self serving individuals who will not ‘see’ the greater picture, who only think of profit now, and let the future take care of itself. To counteract all that has been done, we need Global agreements, and this will never happen … or too little too late methinks…Many thanks for your comment my friend…xx
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I can only mirror what has already been said Pen, let us all hope . Sheila and Wil-e hugs To you and dear Bess xx
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Many thanks Sheila, and I think we all live in hope. my friend… Hugs to you both from Bess and me.xx
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Beautiful poem Pen… Doesnt look like there would be any reverse process once the damage is done… It would be too late by the time we realize….Whatever has to be done should be done now.. Take care Pen… Have a great week n love to Bess!!
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I agree that instant action is needed Mystique, but so many Countries are trailing their feet, wanting to just continue the way they are.., Hopefully they will see the light and realise it’s getting far, far too late. Many thanks for your comment my friend..xx
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As someone who LOVES the water, this is a subject that grieves me. Well written, lovely. xx
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Many thanks Kate, it’s a subject which re-occurs in my thoughts. As it seems nothing or should I say not enough is being done… Thanks for your comment my friend..xx
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This reminds me of the recent terrible tsunami in Japan – how the ocean can look so peaceful and then just turn into an evil monster – one intent to kill – in just an instant.
Very well written. xx
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MY thanks Chloe, while the oceans can hit back with a vengeance, we are doing so much damage ourselves to the coral reef and the seas and life which is in danger form overfishing and disease… A terrible thing, whichever way you look at it…many thanks for your comment…xx
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