Earth in upheaval

Earth in upheaval

A Poem by Gerry Legister
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The earth is weary and groaning under the weight of social decline

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Earth in upheaval, twitter the mode of discontent,
All about the liberated nuptials of moral disruption,
The soul a thing of obsession; burning the environment,
Let time hail and climb into the omen of possession.

As carefree heydays of our lives, under innocent bliss,
Messy demise began in trails of overgrown trees, 
With green leaves withered and parted from lordly leaves,
Earth was young, and time played on the edge of abyss.

Nations meet where no paths could cross the barking cold,
But nature rose from beneath dark floors of awakened sea,
Joint forces came with spellbound irreverent danger unfold,
The doleful tune, verve confined the sinews weak and degree.

Heart shaken with grief hurls the embers of dominion,
Into mess for mastery of ecstasy, paste tears against time,
A fine war blaze, as meteor dance and flung the soul down
Shaking and breaking into measureless chasm.

Articulate mess broke boundaries where voices never stop,
Lamenting cries through recurrent haunting screams,
The pain of war escape into atmosphere filling the gap,
In chasm below heaven homeless children await their dreams.

Spirits appear in the cleansing fire reincarnation retrospect,
The mess was clear, tread in shadows off the sloping land,
Earth in upheaval, stood where the hoary wind blew white,
Red lips paint black in the burning land of the rising sun.

Life blood slips through the marred visage of agony,
Lived on with pulses beating into restless despair,
Many men lay, heavy groan in memories of mingled imagery,
Await the dash of hope to dispel the darkest nightmare.

© 2015 Gerry Legister


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Added on February 4, 2015
Last Updated on February 4, 2015
Tags: earth, disillusion, abyss, decline, apocalypse

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Gerry Legister
Gerry Legister

Sheffield , Silver Spring , Jamaica



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Gerry is a gifted poet, who defines the difficulties of life with the simplicity of living by faith, his inspirational writing and artistic rendering has inspired many to find deeper faith in their be.. more..

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