On board ship we sail
Navigating oceans blue
Wet trail 'neath our bow
There's a world down there
Sometimes murky sometimes clear
Where we rarely go
There's sad wrecks of course
And detritus of our waste
We care not to know
Fish, whales and crabs too
Organic creatures below
No place else to go
We sail blithely on
No concern but ourselves
And our precious dough
Image 1 found at www.cruiselawnews.com
Image 2 found at www.sacredseeds.org.uk
A picture speaks a thousand words, but when you put a boat load of people and their trash together--it speaks 10,000 more. Whew!
ReplyDelete'We sail blithely on / No concern but ourselves' A heavy price is awaiting at the end of the journey'. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteA sobering and tender ode to the waves Old Egg
ReplyDeleteso true we need to protect our oceans better
ReplyDeleteAn eloquent statement in defense of our oceans. Good write.
ReplyDeleteThere's sad wrecks of course
ReplyDeleteAnd detritus of our waste
The situation is real. Our sea is most abused of all of our
environment. Humankind is the culprit and not caring!
Hank
Far beneath the ocean waves ...the 'wrecks' have fascinated generations of artists, writers, poets, anthropologists and scientists. Human being is the issue as well as the solution.
ReplyDeleteWe seriously need to think about future generations of humanity and life on Earth.
The picture says it all. With a little effort and new practices of waste disposal none of this need ever have happened.We are producing too much unnecessary waste.
ReplyDeleteAs you say. (*Sigh.*)
ReplyDeleteThus says it all -
ReplyDelete"Fish, whales and crabs too
Organic creatures below
No place else to go"
So true, sad wrecks; not just in the oceans ... sometimes in life too
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