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The Forest

April 9, 2013
By Netnel GOLD, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Netnel GOLD, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
17 articles 1 photo 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.


I sit there and look out,
At a most beautiful forest,
With its many lush fruit
Slowly burning to the ground.

It used to be a thing of beauty,
An amazing sight to behold,
A symbol to many of hope,
But now those words are used no more.

The forest used to be filled
With exotic animals.
We tried our best to save them,
But our best was not good enough.

It seemed so powerful.
It seemed untouchable.
It was carelessly used, though,
For our own selfish needs.

So now I have lost hope.
Lost hope in myself.
Lost hope in my people.
I have lost hope in life itself.



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on Aug. 30 2013 at 2:47 pm
TheCapturedBat GOLD, Belen, New Mexico
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Favorite Quote:
If all else perished and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger. <br /> -- Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

There is a moving simplicity in the way you've written this reminder of something that most of us try not to think about because it's so painful to admit what we've done to our world.

on Aug. 29 2013 at 11:22 pm
TheMaskedPoet SILVER, Temple, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I wish I could be a little less dramatic, like a Kennedy when Camelot went down in Flames.&quot; -Miranda Lambert

This poem is amazing... Like you said the forest is a metaphor and that makes this poem. even more amazing. I don't really have anything bad to say. Great job!!!

Netnel GOLD said...
on May. 5 2013 at 2:59 pm
Netnel GOLD, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
17 articles 1 photo 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Thank you but the forest is actually a metaphor. For what that is your descision. While I was writing it I thought about a building near me that was really amazing but was knocked down for a mall along with several trees. That is how I thought of it.

on May. 5 2013 at 2:36 pm
ChocolateLove SILVER, Warsaw, Other
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I loved how you talked about the issue of deforestation in such a poetic way. I really enjoyed this poem! 

Drora said...
on Apr. 17 2013 at 6:11 pm
Strong but depressing.