Once there was a twice
and then three times
Twice there was a once
and then three times
Once there was great green earth
and no crazy endless raging fires
Once there was clear ocean
with everything freshly alive
with everything freshly alive…
Once fossil-fuel cars and trucks
and redgreenyellow stop lights
Now there’s empty rust and black smog
while nothing much is alive
while nothing much is alive
Once we made dead plastic
we mindlessly tossed it all around
Now it’s a veryonceuponatimeplace
where life used to be
Once there was heaven
fresh air butterflies soaring sweetly in sun
Now a lot of toxic dead ocean smell
and large bipedal mammals there are none
there are none
Once there was a twice
and then three times
Twice there was a once
and then three times
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Its beautiful tom..
Effective use of repetition in your poem and a message that people need to heed.
Tom, I hope you will take part in the Community Poem on my blog at http://www.purplehermit.com. All you need to do is add one line. Thanks.
Now I feel sad for this world. Great poem Tom and I hope it never comes true.
Wonderful eye! 🙂
I like the way you depth us in the rhythm of nature and the sense of – we’ve been told.
Incredible what humans have done to this planet… we’re now reaping what we sow.