THINKING OF MAN
Wow!, think about it, everyone has changed just as the times have changed,
Way back in time when food had to be hunted for daily, appreciation for a bite.
Today fast food on every corner that is slowly killing all around the world,
When we don’t finish our plates then we simply toss it away, down the drain.
There was a time when a man could drink from a lake or stream, refreshing,
Today without an intelligent thought it is perhaps for a dollar polluted water.
Way back in the west, many places in fact, a body could rest their weary head
Under a tree, make camp and sleep, hunt, have some peace without a stare,
We come to the future where a person is now labeled homeless, we stare.
Loitering and vagrancy are the words used, no sleeping, hard to survive,
Move along it will be said to the one who dares to be free and live in peace.
It’s come to where neighbors fighting and the sounds of sirens are the way,
Nature is screamed at, a burden to many as they make their beautiful sounds in the day.
Trash in the streets but that’s okay, another will clean it if they come this way,
Thinking of man, this way of the future, we now pay a price for water, air, and even dirt.
Keith Garrett
keithgarrettpoetry 
Great post loved the “Man of many thoughts”.
Thanks for reading
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:26 AM, keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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I enjoy all of your post. 🙂 thank you for the response.
So true, sadly, things have to change, but it’s always US, refusing to take control.
Thanks for your thoughts
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:59 AM, keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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My pleasure
That’s a powerful statement. As much as it pains me to say it, I don’t see mankind fixing these issues soon, either. With any luck we’ll be able to see the error of our anti-terrestrial, anti-humanitarian ways and return to simpler and more friendly means before we obliterate ourselves entirely.
Great post. I can relate as it is so close to the one I just posted at http://pondblog2011.mlblogs.com/2017/02/20/a-funny-old-world-but-not-in-an-amusing-way/. I wonder how many more of us think this way?
At least we think. Thanks for reading
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:32 PM, keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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Great poem 🙂
This is gold! I feel the title didn’t do the poem justice, meaning it could be better
Thanks for reading
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 5:55 PM, keithgarrettpoetry wrote:
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