Experience and hindsight attach
many cautious notes to life
Hard lessons learnt and
sorely remembered tend to remain
Mature voices of wisdom
sought to instil their tales of woe
While I in my juvenile world,
had to test and try warnings
I knew an iron was very hot,
but I just had to feel the burn
It’s sometimes hard to
fathom the reasoning or stupidity
When untold advisories are
blatantly and flagrantly broken
Boundaries are wilfully crossed
and dangers are revealed
Some need to taste many poisonous
concoctions of evil
In order to verify that
they are not at a social disadvantage
Blindly following celebrity
trends of wild and crazy living
Such fallout brings pain to
broken relationships and homes
Within this world we find
ourselves surrounded by mistakes
The dire consequences of
ignoring the perils of disrespect
Oceanic life and nature’s
very existence is at immense risk
If we fail to heed tell-tale
signs indicating our own demise…
Eileen T O’Neill
18/09/2019
"celebrity trends of wild and crazy living"--- This is the malady of modern times. We're overwhelmed with foolishness and blunders. The planet can only survive without the humans. Sigh. A thought provoking poem.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely to see you here at PU Eileen...
I so feel this poem, Eileen. We have all the info, but corporations and corrupt governments care only for profit and stuffing their pockets. They really dont care if the world ends. That is our dilemma. It is so nice to read you this morning!
ReplyDeleteI also needed to test that the iron was hot. HOW MANY MORE TESTS WILL IT TAKE? Good poem.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this poetic rant :-)
ReplyDeleteAs humans, we always seem to focus on the wrong things.
How many times are we going to touch yhe iron to see if it is hot?
ReplyDeleteBlindly following celebrity trends of wild and crazy living. Such fallout brings pain to broken relationships and homes.Within this world we find ourselves surrounded by mistakes
ReplyDeleteVery real observation to the present, Eileen! One tends to be taken up with the flow of not so good examples of life around us. Nice to see you again Ma'am!
Hank
The dire consequences of ignoring the perils of disrespect
We like to believe that we learn from experience, so why is history constantly repeating itself? You’ve hit the nail on the head, Eileen, with the lines:
ReplyDelete‘It’s sometimes hard to fathom the reasoning or stupidity
When untold advisories are blatantly and flagrantly broken’
and
‘Within this world we find ourselves surrounded by mistakes
The dire consequences of ignoring the perils of disrespect’.
You raise some serious issues in the most poetic way
ReplyDeleteEileen, so nice to read you again.
ReplyDeleteI love this poem. It so well depicts the foolishness which can lead to our own demise. Well done!
If we are all followers, who will the leaders be?
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Eileen, we have not heeded warnings over the years. We have gotten the earth into a dreadful state, haven't we? Both ecologically and politically, I hope we are not doomed!
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I have been contemplating PU over the years lately. You have always been there...since the beginning. I am always glad when I see you have written and shared a poem!