Nature
We first met when I was young.
Curious, expectant, open-minded
We explored each other freely,
Communing face to face
Sharing everything
Seeking each other's company, together
Under the open sky.
Middle aged we met again.
Striving, over-reaching, exploitative
We looked to our own advantage.
Stormy clouds gathering
On the horizon,
Presaging dangerous times ahead of us
Under the threat'ning sky.
Now I am older I see her
Dull-eyed, disconsolate, all too aware
Of what we were and have become.
Her cycle confused,
Stripped bare, ripped apart
Craving to be isolate, for solitude
Under the darkened sky.
She will still be there when I'm gone.
Forgotten, unrecognised, unaware
Of what we once had and had lost.
Her nature restored,
Newly clothed, new born
Thriving in her renewed joy in life
Under the spring sun sky.
About this poem
I wrote this after watching documentaries about the natural world on TV. It reflects the way man's relationship to nature has changed during my lifetime, since the early 1960s.
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Submitted by winge.bass on December 13, 2022
Modified on April 01, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
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Words | 151 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
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