In an Attempt to Make Him Happy

Poem written on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 8:41pm

If I remember it correctly, my ex-boyfriend needs to pass 5 poems about certain topics. And on our conversation, he happened to have asked for my help. Being the willing victim girlfriend that wants to make her boyfriend happy, I obliged and wrote a poem about the topic "nature".

But to make the long story short, in the end, he did not use this. And thus, the irony is not lost on me: what a befitting title.

Forgotten and Forsaken

I have been walking endlessly

In this land full of misery

I hadn’t known the Earth would be

This lonely without any glee

I forced my eyes to see

What beauty has forsaken me

Rivers that are brown

Made my head go with a frown

Trees are cut mercilessly

By the machines effortlessly

I hear them crying saying no more

But the people just continued just like before

The love of Mother Earth has turned blue

Her sadness is felt without any clue

 Is this her revenge for everything we’ve done?

I wish time would return to do things undone

The hotness is felt by everyone in this place

The ice is melting leaving no trace

This indeed is global warming

That happened without any warning

Of course we deserved this

Since we’re occupied with our own bliss

Being very happy, you and me

Forsaking nature by means of technology