I Am Green

I am nature in all its splendor

From the leaves of tall trees

To the blades emerging from the ground

I am the oxygen to the living

 

I am the ability to conceive

The opportunity for the young to thrive in the womb

The growth of the population

I am fertility in all its miracles

 

I am your cure

The medicine that mends you

The spirit that replenishes you

I am the healer of the universe

 

But alas, with the light there is always darkness

 

I am the opposite of healing

The reason you feel weak

The cause of your death

I am sickness in all its devastation

 

I am the sixth deadly sin

Jealousy at its worst

A black hole of discontentment

I am envy and I want what you have

 

I am your wants, more than your needs

Too much is never enough

No end to the lengths one will go for desire

I am greed and I am hungry for more

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Good green bad green, for everything there is an opposite.

I will nurture you and starve you at the same time...
I am a beautiful green pond that will entice you, then drown you.
Two sides to a coin...and in the end it will leave us broke.
Two sides of a coin, two halves of a poem...
just like a lake's reflection...
but the reflection discordant with what it is reflecting.
nicely done, Briana,
j.

[Neville]

................................. one of my many favourite colours nailed and perfectly poemed...
Neville

[Jess]

From nature into the human condition. Wonderfully done! This is a very thought provoking piece.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Once more you write about the dilemmas we face about our discordant, dichotomous selves. The struggle of 'good' and 'evil' in our souls. Written with pathos.

[John the Baptist]

In this place of dualities, opposites abound. For every light there is a shadow. As you have shown, green can mean different things, not all of them pleasant.

[Coyote Poetry]

Yes Greed. No concern for today or tomorrow. Destroying land and places to make money while some land left empty and destroyed. I liked and I understood this poem dear Briana. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Relic]

Such a nice and well thought out poem. I'm glad I read this tonight. Thanks for posting. :)