Your Poetry Dot Com

Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!

Poems On Site: 198,500+ Comments On Poems: 427,000+ Forum Posts: 105,000+

Custom Search


Welcome !	Home · FAQ · Topics · Web Links · Your Account · Submit Poetry · Top 30 ·	30-January 19:36:32 AEST

Home

· Micks Shop

· Our eBay Store

· Error Submit

Poetry

· Topics

· Public Domain Poetry

Stories

Site Help

· FAQ

· Feedback

Members Areas

· Your Account

· Premium Sign-Up

Premium Section

Fun & Games

· Jokes

Reference

· Content

· Search

· Web Links

· All Links

Top

· Top 30

Help This Site

Others

· Recipes

· Moderators

Our Other Sites

· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

Social

The Journey

Contributed by aliopterix on Tuesday, 27th September 2011 @ 12:27:26 AM in AEST
Topic: StoryPoetry

The Journey

All the warnings of global warming had been ignored.
It had taken five hundred years but the prophecies were true;
Unfazed they had raped, pillaged and abused the world;
Ripping out all the minerals, ores and fuels from beneath the surface
And polluted the atmosphere with noxious emissions.

Yet still the world lived, spinning on its axis orbiting the golden sun.
The final denouement was to be brought about by their own hands.
Petty squabbles and localised conflicts between governments continued,
Ever escalating, more and more frequently, utterly destructive.
No time was taken to consider the future and plight of the global race.

Greed, tyranny, racism, religious intolerance and materialism abounded.
No real effort was made to alleviate the plight of the poor.
It was more than inevitable that there would be a final global conflict.
The Hell it produced was far worse than could have been envisaged.
Total devastation of the lands and a non-sustainable atmosphere the result.

Few remained when the end had come and those who did came here.
Twenty years of travel with their present technology had brought them to this place;
Another world populated by another species some four hundred years,
A short time in truth, behind them in technological development.
A second chance, a time to atone, to forget, to promulgate their race.

There was room here for their small number for they had studied it.
The indigents would surely allow them a small place to live and grow.
Perhaps they could share with them the perils of negligence
And prevent the natives of this world from treading their own path.
With trepidation they headed for the planet known as The Earth.

Copyright © aliopterix ... [ 2011-09-27 00:27:26]
(Date/Time posted on site)

Advertisments:

Previous Posted Poem | | Next Posted Poem

Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more

All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.

While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. ©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright © to their submitter. All the rest Copyright © 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com