Help | About | Suggestions | Alms | Chat [0] | Users [0] | Log In | Join
 Search:
Poem: Submit | Random | Best | Worst | Recent | Comments   

Beneath The Undertow (Lyric) by longships
From beneath the undertow, a boatman bids farewell, Mountains that ascend either side close in. His final journey across the dark still water, Affords knowledge of what is, and will be. From beneath the undertow, the flow of life abounds, Souls fulfilled in their surrender of living flesh. Colours of existence do not penetrate the surface, Are not seen by those of limited vision. From beneath the undertow, the world’s misdeeds unfold, Minds polluted with an urge for power and wealth. Short-sightedness is borne by the greed of millions, Sinking humanity further into a mire of self-destruction. From beneath the undertow, I stand bewildered, And affected by the poisons mankind feels worthy of. Difficult to change the direction in which we are cast, Redirect from all we are faced with, yet we must. From beneath the undertow, boiling in our wake, I see desolation within the future’s crystal. A barren waste spread far across the Earth, The demise of all we know and would have known. From beneath the undertow a tempest rages, Impelling all that lives towards extinction. Let us rise up and quell its onslaught, For our future, our children’s, our planet.

Up the ladder: Eagledale Drive
Down the ladder: Snake-Like Tube

You must be logged in to leave comments. Vote:

Votes: (green: user, blue: anonymous)
 GraphVotes
10  .. 01
.. 00
.. 00
.. 20
.. 00
.. 00
.. 00
.. 00
.. 00
.. 00
.. 10

Arithmetic Mean: 6.0
Weighted score: 5.119203
Overall Rank: 5827
Posted: September 7, 2004 2:35 PM PDT; Last modified: September 7, 2004 2:35 PM PDT
View voting details
Comments:
[7] Shardik @ 24.130.62.63 | 7-Sep-04/9:18 PM | Reply
If you think that beginning each of your tawdry blasphemous stanzas with the ACE line "beneath the undertow" makes this poem anymore tolerable, you're right! Asshat. Let's do it for the planet guys!!! What the fuck?!
136 view(s)




Track and Plan your submissions ; Read some Comics ; Get Paid for your Poetry
PoemRanker Copyright © 2001 - 2024 - kaolin fire - All Rights Reserved
All poems Copyright © their respective authors
An internet tradition since June 9, 2001