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poetry – How Much is Money Worth?

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Opher

How Much is Money Worth?

How much is money worth?

Is it worth a single tree?

A forest? Or a stream?

How much is money worth?

Is it worth a single whale?

All the gorillas?

Or an orangutan, or a tiger?

How much is money worth?

Is it worth a hurricane?

A flood or a drought?

Perhaps a forest fire?

How much is money worth?

Is it worth a lung?

A plague?

A kidney or a life?

How much is money worth?

Is it worth a single family?

Or a country?

A people or a planet?

What is the price of money?

Opher – 1.3.2020

We are already starting to pay the price for global warming. The climate is changing as a result of the things we are doing. The hurricanes, droughts, forest fires, floods, heatwaves and migrations.

Of course, there are those still in denial, who claim these are natural events and not a result of anything we are doing.

They are wrong.

The science tells us most clearly – unless we change our ways the worst is yet to come.

The deniers are leading us down a path to destruction!

His Epic Message will make you want to save the world

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Opher

Nothing to add – just watch it!!

Poetry – A Green Lung full of Fire

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Opher

A Green Lung full of Fire

A great green lung full of fire.

Nature consumed by greed,

Killed by inequality.

Despite the fact that there’s more than enough

They always want more.

It’s an addiction.

While eight billion mouths need feeding

There are those

Who seek to exploit

Without a thought

For their effect on the planet.

It’s complete madness.

As climate changes and species die

The deniers

Ignore experts and scientists

In the face of overwhelming evidence.

It’s a tragedy.

Opher – 1.3.2020

I was particularly thinking of Trump when I wrote this. To me he exemplifies the attitude. As soon as he came into office he started slashing science budgets, disbanding environmental monitoring groups and doing away with environmental protection legislation. He knew that by doing that he could stimulate the economy. To him it was a no-brainer. Short-term gain. More money to be made.

The long-term effects of these policies were immaterial. He did not care about global warming, destruction of the environment or the effects of pollution on our children. All that mattered was the money.

And where does all this wealth go?

Through tax cuts into the pockets of the extremely rich. Only a small proportion goes to the poor.

Who pays the price for the catastrophe coming down the years?

You can bet it won’t be the wealthy.

Poetry – Mother Nature

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Opher

Mother Nature

Pirouetting through the stars

Twirling and spinning

Through the sky.

Her dress of green,

Trailing over hills,

Through forests

And seas.

Her caress bringing creatures to life.

From ice to fire,

Her body is alive

With mystic energy

Stretching over aeons,

Inducing

Enticing,

Evolving

From simplicity to complexity,

From nothing to something.

She smiles upon the universe,

Unique and fantastical.

She cavorts through the ages

Breathing life into the very rock.

Her dreams

Fill the air,

The sea

And the land.

Her breath drives the wind.

Her tears fill rivers and oceans.

Her laughter brings forth laughter.

Her smile lights the sky.

Wounded by her own children

She continues to give

Without blame.

Opher 28.2.2020

This is a personification of nature. There has been much talk of Gaia exacting her revenge through Covid-19. Sending us a warning to change our ways or else, next time, it will be much worse.

The world is such a place of beauty.

Mother Nature is a thing of great wonder. It greatly upset me to see the mess we are making of the planet.

I’ve travelled the world and seen the destruction, pollution and devastation we leave in our wake. It is appalling.

If we stand back and look at the majesty of nature – it is breath-taking. Surely we should be doing all within our power to protect it>

Mother Nature is a lovely lady.

Poetry – Creating Wonders

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Opher

Creating Wonders

Within a thin blue layer

Where all the colours

Of the spectrum play;

Where biochemistry conspires

With water

To create wonders

Beyond our understanding;

Where complexity

Is spawned

From simplicity;

Where we awake

For our brief moments

In the sun

And wonder

At the stars

And atoms.

Opher – 16.12.2019

I do think the incredibility of life is wondrous. Our consciousness provides us with the whole of a universe to wonder at.

For a brief time we are free to experience life, to see, feel, hear and taste the wonder around us – just for one brief time – then gone.

Without life, without senses, without conscious, it would be unobserved and pointless.

I believe it is we who give the universe its purpose.

Poetry – I Fell In Love

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Opher

I Fell In Love

I fell in love with you

The first time

My eyes opened;

As you swirled and spun

In your green and blue raiment,

With your white wisps

Of gossamer

Covering your curves.

I fell in love with you

As seasons changed

The colours of your clothes,

As creature played

Among the fabric

Of your dress,

As night and day

Played with the

Shadows on your face.

I fell in love with you.

Opher – 16.12.2019

This is my ode to the planet, to nature, the mother of us all; an ode to the majesty and beauty of our maternal home.

What is there not to love about such splendour, such grace and such mystery?

It is an honour to call this home, to look out in wonder at a whole universe.

It is incredible to close ones eyes and imagine us spinning through space in this cosmic dance around the sun, around the galaxy, through the cosmos.

It blows my mind.

Poetry – Spirituality Reigns

Posted on January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 by Opher

Spirituality Reigns

Trees and rocks and rainbows

Within the spiritual arc.

Seas and skies, cosmic glows,

Along with leaves, flowers and bark.

The insects, fish and birds

A tapestry of wonder.

Divine sun, moon and stars

To split the mind asunder.

The beauty of this life

In all its great mysteries.

The mind and consciousness,

Universe of histories.

Five senses to reveal

A majesty in seconds

So time enough to try

As infinity beckons.

Opher – 15.12.2019

We open our eyes into this universe for a brief period in infinity. We close them and we are gone. It ceases to exist.

In the midst of this amazing spiritual adventure, through the might of the cosmos and the spectacle of life, we are fortunate enough to have senses to experience it and a mind to appreciate it.

Infinity is a long time.

Our life is a blink, a brief flicker.

To make the most of those fleeting moments, to understand, to rejoice and to wonder – that is all we can do.

Every second is a mystical joy.