{"id":29158,"date":"2016-09-02T13:40:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T13:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=29158"},"modified":"2016-09-02T14:13:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:13:41","slug":"equilibrium-as-seen-by-the-photographer-and-the-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/09\/equilibrium-as-seen-by-the-photographer-and-the-poet\/","title":{"rendered":"Equilibrium as seen by the photographer and the poet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GRizzlies whether they realise or not<br \/>\nMust understand<br \/>\nThat with a Wolfpack in the vicinity<br \/>\nLife is far more grand<br \/>\nWolves are really effective<br \/>\nAt driving prey away<br \/>\nFrom water courses and those forces<br \/>\nHonestly do pay<\/p>\n<p>Dividends for Nature with her power<br \/>\nAnd knowledge too<br \/>\nShe creates the players<br \/>\nAnd she knows what to do<br \/>\nMan comes in to serve himself<br \/>\nRancher hunter or<br \/>\nWhatever he is doing<br \/>\nWhen he gets outside his door<\/p>\n<p>The Bears share food the wolves have<br \/>\nKilled, if they choose to, they<br \/>\nCan share live kill which does instil<br \/>\nIn them a brighter way<br \/>\nWithout wolves the prey animals<br \/>\nWill eat up willows they<br \/>\nWill cut them off as saplings<br \/>\nAnd the grasses too that sway<\/p>\n<p>At riversides that hold the earth and stop erosion,we<br \/>\nCan see the Beavers at the dams<br \/>\nWhen wolves run favourably<br \/>\nInsects in the grasses<br \/>\nBig trout in the stream<br \/>\nBears around and Mountain Lions<br \/>\nAnd coyotes it&#8217;s no dream<\/p>\n<p>We get to see some balance<br \/>\nAnd an equilibrium that<br \/>\nHas roots and leaves and just achieves<br \/>\nA reason to be at<br \/>\nKilling wolves and Bears will see<br \/>\nprey animals again<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s when hunters step into the breech<br \/>\nAnd cause much pain<\/p>\n<p>If we leave Nature to manage<br \/>\nThe systems we shall see<br \/>\nA bountiful existence<br \/>\nFor all eternity<br \/>\nBut mankind thinks of monetary gain<br \/>\nThat really is his thing<br \/>\nHe lives in the city<br \/>\nBut also wants to bring<br \/>\nhis Power and all his wishes<br \/>\nTo bear on the wilds too<br \/>\nHe wants to kill us all for sport<br \/>\nSpoil what we try to do<\/p>\n<p>Kill the wolves and kill the Bears<br \/>\nJust for the sake of it<br \/>\nWhat advantages we all can make<br \/>\nHe doesn&#8217;t give a shit<br \/>\nIf the trees are in his way<br \/>\nThey will cut Them down for he<br \/>\nWill deck out his back yard with them<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s all that he can see<br \/>\nAs for all the grasses the saplings<br \/>\nAnd the rest<br \/>\nThe birds the bees the fish<br \/>\nWe are either food or pest<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s what&#8217;s wrong with human kind<br \/>\nThey do not know their place<br \/>\nAnd that will be the death of them<br \/>\nLost without a trace<br \/>\nAs for us we shall struggle on<br \/>\nThrough Fukushima we<br \/>\nKnow already it&#8217;s affecting us<br \/>\nAnd the Chem trails too that be<\/p>\n<p>Coming down upon us from the sky<br \/>\nFrom all those sprays<br \/>\nWe need to breathe we need to drink<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what great Gaia says<br \/>\nBut apparently the eugenics movement<br \/>\nAre taking steps and we<br \/>\nAre the first to be got rid of<br \/>\nThen the fishes in the sea<\/p>\n<p>So really we are up to it<br \/>\nWe understand that we<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t have a lot of time left<br \/>\nIf that&#8217;s how it must be<br \/>\nThen at least we know<br \/>\nThe outcome<br \/>\nThis wondrous planet earth<br \/>\nDestroyed by mans true arrogance<br \/>\nHe just could not see its worth<\/p>\n<p>Man had everything but still wanted more<br \/>\nHis downfall was that he couldn&#8217;t see the value of others<br \/>\nOnly himself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRizzlies whether they realise or not Must understand That with a Wolfpack in the vicinity Life is far more grand Wolves are really effective At driving prey away From water courses and those forces Honestly do pay Dividends for Nature &hellip; 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