Monday, 30 January 2017

A Country Once Great

The British Isles once was great
That was when, Britania ruled the waves
They settled, reigned and pilaged
Then the pound sterling, to the masses, they were slaves

In nineteen hundred and forty-six
Shortly after the second world war
The American dollar became international currency
And the British pound, certainly was no more

This concept is alright, as long as it's backed
By tangible materials, a trading country can behold
But there is a problem, with too much paper and ink
When the currency cannot be redeemed, by either silver or gold

That being said, let's fast-forward to twenty-sixteen
The international currency's country, is twenty-trillion in debt
How can this liabilty ever be fulfilled
Without an economic collapse and everything being reset

Which brings us to a new President's words
A proclamation, “this country, again will be great”!
How can this be, can he not see
As with global warming, it will be, too little and too late

No political conventions, but maybe, divine interventions
Is the only solution to his Country's plight
He can build his wall and deeper in debt they'll fall
But without a doubt, he'll be battling a non-winning fight

He can talk the talk and maybe, walk the walk
And sign all the executive orders he wants
But how about E.O. 11110, John F. Kennedy signed
Remains today and it, since, every President haunts

In the past fifty years, instead of wasting 14 trillion on wars
That money could have been spent on infrastructure
Medical plans, airports, roads and bullet trains
And that's, not just a matter of conjecture

He will spend his four or maybe, an eight year term
Spending money, backed by nothing tangible
Indebting the Taxpayers even more and enriching the Feds

In an economy artificially strong, but in truth, really very frangible

Sunday, 8 January 2017

Bewildered

Bewildered and bemused
Don't know what to believe
'Cause those with influence
Practice, to deceive

News made up
And then reported
Based on deceit
The facts distorted

At present, the ones of power
Have their way
But, reckoning surely
Will be one day

Can it go on forever
More than need
The quest for more
A continual greed

Just pay your taxes
And toe the line
Don't ask pertinent questions
You'll be fine

Those, of power
The ruling classes
Have wrong-doing immunity
Over the masses

They cheat or deceive
Influence, is the key
With money, anything's possible
With impunity

Why is it so blatant
Carrying on, in this way
There's always been corruption
But, not like today

Government and industry
Medicine and finance, there's mistrust
Anguish and disappointmant

Not-to-mention, disgust
Our Planet's In Serious Trouble

A molten ball hurtling through space
Then earth's crust began to cool
And billions of years in passing
Migratory water commenced to pool

This magnificient orb speeding through space
Transitioning, since it had begun
Eons dissolving, flora and fauna evolving
Throughout, it's yearly trek 'round the sun

Experienced ice-ages and mass extinctions
And through so many impacts, my this planet had grown
With gravitation holding everything together
Traversing an orbit, in a Goldilocks zone

From this raging inferno
Emanating from explosive molten storms
Evolution commencing from star-matter
Came very simple life forms

Billions of years in the making
A wondrous planet and mankind of today
Now global warming is a serious threat
And generations to come, will pay

In the matter of only a blink of time
Gross neglect and fossil-fuel burning
Irreversible damage to earth's eco-systems
These ways, they better start turning

Drought, storms and ice-caps shrinking
Oceans reefs are dying, many habitats lost
All of this in the name of what?
And mostly, who'll suffer the cost

Our great grand children will bear the brunt
CO2 emmisions, causing so much to be lost
But the really big problem is methane gas
Emanating from, the Arctic's perma-frost

Methane is twenty times more polluting
Gotta' burst that complacent bubble
For if this is not addressed real soon

Our planet definitely is, in very serious trouble
Do You Know And Do You Care



Does it not bother you to know
And do you care
'Bout diminishing eco systems
On this planet, everywhere

This amazing earth
Which Nature formats
Is suffering profoundly
Losing or dying, are habitats

From plants and animals
To fish in the ocean
Fossil-fuel burning
Has caused, so much commotion

Do you know
And do you, truly care
When you have passed
How your children, will fare

With no fore-thought, our industries continue
Polluting, our skies and our waters
Not caring for the futures
Of our sons and our daughters

Have we become so complacent
About CO2 and methane emissions
That we care more about profits
Than our, eco-systems' attritions

Do you really know
And do you care
That your, children's children
Will face, their planet's despair

The damage being caused
Can not be over-stated
Our offspring will suffer

With pollution unabated