oil martyrs

the cover has blown off

slipped down inside the cherry mind

nothing but raw hands

open

exposed to the harsh

laid out in the marsh

dripping in money

liquid

black as anger

black as regret

black as death

wearily waiting for the end

crude rights spill red blood

bleeding out from the flood

our fuel a deadly

weapon

fly fast and far, 

away from this war

speckled egg and eye

begone

free as thoughts

free as angels

free as folly

for fortune has passed you by

Author's Note

This just sort of spilled out of me and started as one thing, then became another. I don't know if I need to explain- it's about BP's oil leak in the gulf. Those poor birds and fish make me cry, when I see what is happening....

Reviews

[Cheyenne]

this is so true. I feel as if all hope has been lost for the people and animals but i feel more for the animas than the people they probably could have cared less for the trouble oil causes until the oil leaked. We as a people are ignorant to the things that can and should be changed

[Tate Morgan]

I wrote one about it as well called birth rights take a look .i loved this

[Quill up a gay ape's bu..]

It really is tragic that wildlife has to suffer because of Man's needs.
It really is tragic that readers have to suffer because of your poetry.
They should come round and dump the oil in your house.

[An owl on the moon]

This is so powerfully done, giving us all that sense of loss in the midst of the horrid tragedy that is unfolding in the Gulf. And more news recently... millions of birds are now migrating to the Gulf and will arrive soon. May they somehow be spared. Thank you for this insightful, timely write.

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

This is a remarkable poem to make people, if they are not aware which would mean they live in a cave, of this horrible situation with the oil spill...
It is sickening to see ...
So well expressed and so very true!
A nice job .. greed has destroyed men and sea life .. such a sin.

Chloe

[Julijana Velichkovska]

it can be about birds and fish but it can be about human too - sometimes we live in a poluted inviroment - by people that suck on our life energy- and we too need to fly away -away from this war!

[deeps]

you have penned some truth here. This is wonderful.
I agree with Cheyenne had to say as well.

[Cheryl J. Turner]

So much death and destruction... when will we learn to love our planet?
Wonderfully written.

[Satchmo's Gal]

a true ode to the harsh reality of today. thanks. great write.