Mother's tenant.

Man has only been interested

in the value of the nest

and not the well being of the nest.

Sadly, this is man. 

Man who creates wars,

man who has wiped out fifty percent

of the world's animal population,

scarred vast areas of Earth for mining,

man who continues to destroy,

and who continues to pollute.

The same man

who claims to have a soul

and righteously thinks

he deserves a place in heaven.

Really! I don't think so!

Man is a bad tenant.

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[Patricia Wedel]

dear Andrew... this is a Mother Earth poem... yesterday April 22 was Earth Day.
Yes, we are not good tenants... as your prose has penned with a trembling quill.
Earth is embedded with beauty and gems galore...
worth more than all the money in the world. I suffer at the thought of
destroying what G-d has wrought. truly, Pat

[ms. barrie]

bravo, Andrew! i enjoy the fiery blaze your pen spilled...portraying contempt of man’s callousness upon Gaia vividly

“the poetry of the earth is never dead” ~ john keats

...the electricity brought fourth that word play is always brilliantly excuted!!

my favorite lines (so hard to choose from);
are the last two stanzas

amazing ink ~ x

[Samuel Dickens]

Amen! Though I constantly try, I don't think I'll ever understand why so many of us humans put personal desires before all else.

[R.E. Ray]

"Tenant" is the perfect word here, Andrew. It appears the disconnect exists between the reality and perception... man believing he's landlord, not tenant. All well said in a brief poem.

[andrew mitchell]

thank you Ray

[barleygirl]

So well said, there's nothing else to be said. This is exactly how I feel, toward myself included. We have sucked as stewards & I love that your righteous indignation is fully stated, but not a rant. Perfect balance so you don't lose the part of your audience who think it's a hoax (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Margie for your words.

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[andrew mitchell]

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

and he is quite late on his rent...the landlord only asks for caring and love...but the man just wants, as you say, war and power...and wow.

the other tenants are complaining.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Jacob for your words.

[Sami Khalil]

Let us not forget robbing the sheep of their money to live lavish lifestyles and so forth...

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Sami lol

[Sami Khalil]

Lol. You are welcome peacably.

[Sami Khalil]

Hahaha. The dichotomy of it all. Mass wars and murders, invasions and ocupation of native lands, rape and pillaging on mass scales, disregard to rights and justices except for themselves and so on... And they they claim religious purity and heaven bound souls.

[andrew mitchell]

Indeed the dichotomy of it all! You got it! Lol thanks Sami

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir mitchel.