A Final Warning.
Dead
Starfish
On the beach
Are a message
Tell me who’ll listen
The bottle glints brightly
In un-natural hot sun
It too holds a message for us
Our planet is dying as we watch
We were custodians but we have failed.
Can
We heed
The message
Is it too late
Are we spoilers
Is this our sole fate
Can we save the planet
Rescue the land and the seas
Hark the note in the bottle please
Time is galloping away from us
Stop the rape and plunder of mother earth.
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The above is my entry to Colleen’s Tuesday Tanka Challenge.
Today is the middle Tuesday of the month and I am delighted to say it means we have a picture prompt. Thank you Colleen this one is a beauty which we can take in many directions. I have chosen a Butterfly Etheree , I feel the Butterfly is apt because I have chosen to use the message in the bottle as a warning. We have polluted our seas with plastic and chemicals, injuring and killing our aquatic wildlife. We are mining, deforesting and poisoning the earth and burning a hole in the ozone allowing climate change, It is real. I have not even touched on the ward we are waging.
We (humans) are the cause whether we intend to be or not. We must act now or lose our beautiful home.
Love to you all.
willowdot21 
Aug 20, 2019 @ 08:47:14
Oh, this was good sis, a real meaningful piece 🥰
Aug 20, 2019 @ 09:24:42
Thank you Sis, it’s such a great photo isn’t it 💜
Aug 20, 2019 @ 09:36:20
It is! Mine is scheduled for Thurs xx
Aug 20, 2019 @ 09:43:48
I am looking forward to it already 😀💜
Aug 20, 2019 @ 15:28:54
Wonderful take
Really, though, my friend, you must remove the e for On the beach ;0)
Aug 20, 2019 @ 15:37:47
Oops thank you again, you will be charging me for being my editor soon. I always check but I brain see what it wants to see 😜
Aug 20, 2019 @ 15:38:18
Stawp… I was reading it and had to go back…
Aug 20, 2019 @ 15:39:35
Lol , all fixed💜
Aug 20, 2019 @ 15:58:36
Willow, there is such a powerful message in your butterfly-shaped double Etheree. This is so lovely. ❤
Aug 20, 2019 @ 16:07:07
Thank you Colleen it’s something I feel very strongly about 💜💜
Aug 20, 2019 @ 16:13:45
I think many of us do. We all have to do our part. ❤
Aug 20, 2019 @ 17:35:58
Oh! Yes we do 💜💜💜
Aug 21, 2019 @ 12:23:22
We had a similiar reaction to the pic. 😉 Nicely done.
Aug 21, 2019 @ 14:30:53
Yes the whole message in a bottle
Aug 22, 2019 @ 17:22:53
Your double Etheree has an urgent message, Willow. I hope we hear the message and do something to save out planet! ❤
Aug 23, 2019 @ 05:08:21
Oh! So do I Miriam 💜💜
Aug 23, 2019 @ 16:14:00
❤ ❤
Aug 23, 2019 @ 06:50:25
Very powerful and important message Willow. Well done. x
Aug 23, 2019 @ 07:30:57
Thank you Marje , I do try💜
Aug 24, 2019 @ 04:49:55
Wow, this is very powerful, Willow.
Aug 24, 2019 @ 05:32:13
Thank you Robbie 💜 I feel very strongly about this 💜
Aug 24, 2019 @ 22:07:16
A great post, Willow. Your message is so important right now. I’m especially concerned about the burning rain forest in the Amazon – the “lungs of the earth”. 😟 💟💟
Aug 25, 2019 @ 06:22:02
Yes so very sad and the fact that people may be aggregating the situation is unbelievable, isn’t it!? 🥴💜💜💜
Aug 26, 2019 @ 02:39:31
Yes, truly beyond comprehension. Gaia can’t take much more abuse…. 😔💚💚💚
Aug 26, 2019 @ 07:02:35
I agree completely,💜💜