We Are All Murderers

Strike the bells,
At half past three,
Hark natures choir,
And then listen to me.

Listen to the trees sing along,
Leaves rustling high and low,
Hear how birds chirp out of tune,
It's a present from the world wrapped in a bow.

Details float around you,
But you're too consumed to see,
To blind with electronics,
From gaming systems to caller I.D.

You hear not how the trees beg,
Not you, Elizabeth, not even Jim,
Pleading for their survival day after day,
As your workers, or parents, or children slaughter them.

You hear not the turtle and fish choking,
Silently they wept,
Deep below, in the depths, crying,
Till they sunk lower to their deaths.

Stop harming your home,
Stop killing innocent creatures,
How is that we aren't in jail?
We are all, though some are hidden, murders.

You kill the ocean,
He kills the animals, stealing hay,bails and bails!
Yet she kills the people,
And only she is put in jail.

They die quiet and out of sight,
But only she is deemed wrong,
While the rest of you creep quietly,
Replacing your mask on your face and carrying on.

Author's Note

I'm rusty haha I haven't wrote in a while<3

Reviews

[I Am Svetlana]

This is a beautiful piece with such a powerful message! This truly proves that no human is innocent, we aren't able to save everyone or everything. We feel it's okay to kill or sacrifice the lives of other things around us, rather than give up the things we probably have to most. We kill our resources just so we can become more and more selfish and keep what we have. I loved this!

[zainul]

Congratulations,Abbigale!!!
Your strong points should bring the offenders to senses.

[00000000000000000000000..]

Awesome write:) as always:)

[anxia]

Jeez. This is wonderful. You have lent your powerful voice to the very imperative pleas of the nature.
Every line is thought provoking and guilt prodding. The first, last but one and the last verses are my favorite though. Great job.

[Everett DeValle]

So Deep, Abbigale...you are just growing in your voice...your maturity is just reaching levels beyond years. Lovely.

[Jane Doe]

I know loser :P

[Everett DeValle]

Wooow, you've also become a modest mouse too. Excellent. :)

[Jane Doe]

Thaaanniks:P

[Everett DeValle]

You're welcome. From the loser.

[Jane Doe]

Well good thing I heart me some loser:P

[Everett DeValle]

Good to know, Pinay princess.

[Jane Doe]

Haha, my poem won me first place in the reflections contest(: I was the only 9th grader that placed:D but I didn't place in city:/

[Everett DeValle]

Good for you Brat...congrats. :)