“We often destroy what We don’t understand”

 

 

 

 

We often destroy what We don't understand

 

We often Owned, what We don’t Own.

Being Possessive, We become Invasive.

                

- We often Neutralize, what We can’t Realize.

                     - Full Realization comes after the Actual Destruction.

Creating our own Ending.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author’s note:

 

Sometimes I would think that we ‘humans’ are too cruel to nature. We divide and conquer almost everything in our path and We devour without even compensating or even understand the effects of what we took. Sometimes I would say  that where does the heart of humanity lies into? Is it in the heart someone else? Or is it in the heart of the things we crave to have?

 

Sometimes we seek too much love of things or with someone that we forgot the side effects of too much consumption. Yeah, when we love someone too much, we give them our everything, we do our best to provide so we take almost everything from nature or other things that nature provide. When we love too much we became blind on the things we do for them, that we tend to forget the side effects of the much bigger picture.

 

Look at this way, if give and give, so in other words - we purchase and purchase, so the demand on the supply becomes high.  And to where we got our supply? It’s from nature or the things that surrounds nature.

 

As humans multiply our demand for food and shelter grows. Then we become invasive and much destructive. There is nothing wrong for our race to multiply that’s okay I guess, but it becomes wrong when we consumed too much.

 

 

“We often destroy what We don’t understand”

 

This certain line just pops out of my mind, and it can be interpret in so many ways possible.  Then as I search for photos in google, I found this quote that somehow fitted to my sentiments as well on this poem. It says:

 

“I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.”

― Ed Begley Jr.

 

 

and also this one:

 

So in the matters on how we take that simple line I came up with - it can be taken in many ways. Either we destroy our own because we don’t understand them or we destroy this certain bacteria because we don’t understand its effect on us or any other else or things that you can come up to.  Yeah we eradicate certain organism because it is harmful to us, but sometimes we neglect to see to where and why it is here in the first place. We all know that everything around us is a constant evolution and everything seems to be connected in some point one way or another. Sometimes it is our own fault why some organism that are harmful are here in this world, more often they are our own creation, somehow in our constant manipulation of things.

 

Perhaps indeed we are manipulative in nature, we become invasive/aggressive on our progress. Somehow we could stop this when we are careful, always take things in considerate amount not wanting to destroy the natural balance of things and be caution to every side effects of what we consume too much.

Now I see that simple lines can came up a deeper understanding of the much bigger picture of things. My first thought about those lines was just about how we over consume many things around us, and now I realized much, it is much bigger than I think it is not.

 

I think I have over written my author’s note, big smiles. To end this long essay short, I thank you for reading my thoughts.

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

This brought to mind some speculation that some scientists partake in, and it's the hypothesis that intelligent species (of the universe) are often unable to be found due to the destructive nature of them. Oddly, I'm quite hopeful for humanity's future, as war is becoming less and less of an actual option in regards to solving international issues. Interdependency is what makes us all cautious to pull the trigger, and it's almost poetic that what saves humanity is its own greed, for who would want to wage a war against their biggest customer?
Scientists are at the pinnacle of discovery and still going even higher. And, despite our invasive attitudes (of which is possessed by nearly every species in the whole spectrum of life, seen from the way plants choke each other for nutrients and help only members of the same species and the various conflicts between animals in nature), animals are even adapting to it, as seen in the way pigeons are nesting in cities and racoons scavenge through our trash for snacks.

If anything, I'd say we have one more frightening war as a species until we decide to banish large-scale warfare in general (small rebellions are a different story). All of our other efforts are to bettering the species and ensuring our species' lifespan is long. We're on the brink of colonizing space and developing safe, alternative sources to petroleum, and it's relatively improbable that we are to wipe ourselves out prior to 2100 (no, seriously, research into it).
I get into politics too often.
Nonetheless, well done, Pax, as always. Keep expressing yourself, you're very poignant at it.

[Pax]

I already know Tai, me working here in Saudi to where Oil is the primary source of big income, already knows that in the not so far future our Oil will be depleted. There is a certain year a friend mention it to me much earlier than you mention. I just forgot what year was that he mention because he once work in a certain Oil plant here.

Seriously Tia my friend, I am greatly thankful on this review, for I have learned something, a lot, by just penning this piece, even though I forgot to expound it further, by the reviews of my friends here and you included, it gives great pleasure to read it... thank you again Tai...

[Tai Ryens]

Oil is already not the only source of energy and we, as a species, have a great variety of choices present (oil is only used because it's the cheapest at the moment).
And 'tis a pleasure to read your pieces, Pax.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Pax ---

Take the universe...everything is self-destructive...
A star explodes and implodes...
and becomes a black hole...
and a new one is born out of another that has dies...
and yet the creation keeps a balance...
or we would not be here on planet Earth...
again there can be the belief of either science or God...
hard to fathom, yet the reality is in full view...
Nature can take back its presence --- any time...
yet for some reason --- hinders to do so at the moment...
must have a fond for us humans...if so it would be all alone...
nothing to experiment on the destructiveness it possesses...also...
People look at people as the problem...yet we are at a constant battle...
War with nature...of our survival would not exist...
It would only take 30 days to completely take a different form...
as life as we know it...if every human cease to exist...
the combative nature is that life without us parasites...
living on the planet as we do...creates a balance for now...
We are not the enemy...everything around us is...
We are an insignificant ant in the spectrum of things...

[Pax]

sigh.... wow, anothing piece of that puzzle I forget to see...
"We are an insignificant ant in the spectrum of things..."
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'living on the planet as we do...creates a balance for now...'

now I see that we still do maintian the balance of all things, some are still intact and can still be born. The cycle of all big creation, to be destroyed just to be born again... you have grasp a bigger picture my friend, I thank you greatly...

[Coyote Poetry]

The Ojibwa tribes asked the white leaders after they killed off the Indians and destroyed the forest in Ohio. "Why do white man hate the forest, the water and the animal. Will he know happiness when all things beautiful are dead." Old world had not changed. Read the best of Dryden. England was fighting three wars and England was expanding over 500 years ago. Thank you for your thoughts on a important topic. I know your part of the world have problems being born. I pray for better days.
Coyote

[Pax]

I'll put a note in that my friend, I'll read that definitly read that. Thank you so much my friend for sharing same sentiments to me. i am always grateful!

[Nusquam Esse]

Well... to be fair, all of nature is quite selfish. Very few animals know restraint, and will consume their resources until they starve out. Of course the problem here is how good at surviving Man is, and how thoroughly we use the land. Hopefully we as a species can learn how to live in a sustainable manner before it is too late.

[Pax]

wow, my friend, yet again you amaze me, I didn't see that perspective, perhaps I am too aware of what humans do in our nature, that I forget to see that only few animals shows restraint as only quite a few as well in humans shows that trait. Perhaps indeed we are all animals, and in just so in case we humans are on the top invasive mammal on earth. We dominate than the other animal kingdom. thank you smart fella and good friend.

[Nusquam Esse]

It is only because our societies are so powerful that we don't die off like most animals do. The sick don't just die... and because of trade, we can survive almost anywhere in the world. No other animals can do this, so it is more because of how versatile and just darn good at surviving that we so easily disrupt the balance. But yeah, a very large number of endangered species are not endangered directly by man, but because of animals which man brought to those areas; like dogs. If you were to introduce a bunch of dogs to an island which had say tortoises or flightless birds, they would likely go extinct within just a few years. Dogs don't care if an animal goes extinct, they don't think about it. And if it was the last of its kind, they would still kill and eat it; even if it was the only food they had (and would then go extinct). Humans are actually rather special because they can recognize dwindling food sources, and 'ration' themselves to plan for the future!

[Pax]

ahh, the Invasive species, from time to time I stamble upon this article in wiki about that. And also about the cat article in wiki about the feral cat hunt this certain bird into extinction. Yeah, indeed, we as humans are intellectually and perhaps emotional superior to other animals. Few of us take caustion and careful consideration for those are endangered to be extinct. Now I am a tingling sensation of regret not studying enough about the natural cycle of life - animals and plants in co-relation. Our survival skill is indeed damn good.. :D