Poetry – Can a bee sing? – A poem about environmental catastrophe.
Can a bee sing?
I wrote this poem while in a state of melancholic anguish having watched a programme about the poaching of rhinos.
Rhinos, elephants and forests are being eradicated at an increasing and alarming rate.
I have travelled the world and seen this relentless destruction on every continent. I have stood on streets packed with humans, stinking of car fumes, full of the clamour of vendors. I have seen all manner of bush-meat for sale. I have seen huge brown slicks of sewage snake around bays of blue clear water. I have seen trucks dumping city rubbish on beaches. I have stood among stumps that once were a thick jungle full of Tasmanian devils and koalas.
We reduce all life down to the level of worthlessness. Living creatures are seen as either pests to be eradicated, creatures to be abused for entertainment, or food to be consumed.
It appears to me that we are on the brink of destroying the entire natural world. There are too many of us and we are too greedy and thoughtless.
Perhaps trees do scream?
Can a bee sing?
Can a bee sing?
A bird cry?
A tree scream
Or a chimp ask why?
Can a fly dream?
A worm sigh?
A flower weep?
Or a man deny?
Opher 27.3.2016
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