I know that I have probably published this one before, but it is, I believe, just as timely now, as then. I do hope you will read it and congratulate yourselves for recognizing the need to replace that which we take from the earth, whenever and wherever we can.
Jake.
A LESSON IN THE ASHES
Ashes in the fireplace lay,
remnants of another day,
gone forever, gone away,
and only now, in memory stay.
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The ashes now, once wood, you see,
provided by the mighty tree,
cut and split, and dried, to be,
a season’s warmth, for you and me.
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Yes, we’ve cut, but we have learned,
to replace that, which will be burned,
and reckless, wasteful ways, have spurned,
but, many more corners need be turned.
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Oh yes, our water and our air,
need be treated with more care,
so generations all, will share,
we have not drop, or breath to spare.
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And species other than our own,
have the right, this world to roam,
we cannot, must not, go alone,
into the future, save our home.
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Fauna and flora can survive,
without mankind and stay alive,
because, they have no controlling drive,
and from the earth, their life derive.
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When we as humans, learn from them,
we will assure, the continuum,
on this planet, of women and men,
and along with nature, all be friends.
***
Jack Downing
Apr. 2010
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