Saturday, December 5, 2009

When The Earth Is Full

The boats keep coming
Yes the boats keep coming,
Where do people go
When the Earth is full?
Some say take them
Other say no,
But where do they go
When the Earth is full?
There are not many tigers
There are not many tunas,
Where do they go
When we fill the Earth.
Are we all that matters
Is God's creation in tatters,
Where do we go
When the Earth is full?

Ian Matthews
25th October 2009.

1 comment:

Adrian said...

Ian, this one asks some questions, to which I think we all know the answers but so many of us are unwilling to see the wood for the trees.

It's a thoughtful poem, short and keen enough to make any environmentalist take note of our fragile earth. Good on you.