{"id":33576,"date":"2017-06-26T22:34:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=33576"},"modified":"2017-06-26T22:38:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T22:38:57","slug":"ode-to-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/ode-to-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This globular mass<br \/>\nWe call our earth<br \/>\n71 per cent is worth<br \/>\nA greater deal to the planets core<br \/>\nFor that is where water exists for sure<\/p>\n<p>The oceans the rivers the lakes the seas<br \/>\nThe world of water whose constant plea&#8217;s<br \/>\nSome can hear though some turn away<br \/>\nNot prepared to listen to the cries today<\/p>\n<p>The filth short mindedly we toss overboard<br \/>\nAmmunition of little accord<br \/>\nRadiation and PCB&#8217;s<br \/>\nAnd rotten casks of our disease<\/p>\n<p>We are conceited and an arrogant mob<br \/>\nWe over  fish and of course we rob<br \/>\nThe natural world below the blue<br \/>\nOf its wonderful life force good and true<\/p>\n<p>We toss our plastic just anywhere<br \/>\nOur fishing tackle brings such despair<br \/>\nThe methods we use to catch our food<br \/>\nAre wasteful and wrong and entirely crude<\/p>\n<p>Our whales and cetaceans we trap and enslave<br \/>\nOur game of chess with the bold and brave<br \/>\nTorn from the oceans of life and breath<br \/>\nAnd consigned to tanks our tanks of death<\/p>\n<p>We murder whole pods around Japan<br \/>\nBeautiful dolphins part of the plan<br \/>\nIntegral to existence a<br \/>\nPredator who<br \/>\nIs cut to ribbons thats what we do<br \/>\nTaiji&#8217;s murdering retards do<br \/>\nThe work of god pulled from the blue<br \/>\nSelected to be trained and sold<br \/>\nTo the corporate ignorance of old<\/p>\n<p>The Faroes grind along and whales<br \/>\nAre slaughtered whole pods bloody trails<br \/>\nOf sinews and grief beyond the pale<br \/>\nFetuses cut out, their holy grail<br \/>\nTheir dark intent their vile display<br \/>\nBlood oozes everywhere they pay<br \/>\nA terrible price for these vikings who<br \/>\nSquander the life of these souls they do.<\/p>\n<p>Happen to venture past their shore<br \/>\nThe family tree these men ignore<br \/>\nA school of life and creations gift<br \/>\nTorn a&#8217; sunder and left to drift<br \/>\nIn the shallows cut and bleeding<br \/>\nAs their spirits are receeding<br \/>\nThe homeopathic mystical dose<br \/>\nOf blood and guts now coming close<\/p>\n<p>To filling the ocean with feelings dire<br \/>\nThe death and destruction of creative fire<br \/>\nPicked up by the sensitives of the sea<br \/>\nAnd discharged again so remorselessly<\/p>\n<p>Great coral beds bleached horribly<br \/>\nFilthy oil slicks constantly<br \/>\nScupper the health and the vibrancy<br \/>\nOf the gifts of life within the sea<\/p>\n<p>Our plastic it really  is everywhere<br \/>\n1000 years it will  still be there<br \/>\nThat saline soup will not break it through<br \/>\nThis oil based chemical bonded brew<\/p>\n<p>The sharks great predators<br \/>\nRich design<br \/>\nWe slice their fins<br \/>\nThey so divine<br \/>\nOf history and need to be<br \/>\nThe major predator of the sea<\/p>\n<p>Man is fickle man unsure<br \/>\nHe knows little of  creation<br \/>\nBut a lot of war<br \/>\nOh he can kill and he can maim<br \/>\nBut create  a shrimp<br \/>\nNot one can claim<\/p>\n<p>That honour NO but  does destroy<br \/>\nAnd seems to do with extra joy<br \/>\nInsecticides and industrial waste<br \/>\nAnd science really hasnt faced<br \/>\nThe reality that man is small<br \/>\nCompared to the universe and this wondrous<br \/>\nBall<\/p>\n<p>Called earth with its oceans of<br \/>\nAqua blue<br \/>\nFilled with life and soul all true<br \/>\nCreated miracles everywhere<br \/>\nAnd leaving behind little to share<\/p>\n<p>With our children who clearly<br \/>\nWill expect to see<br \/>\nThe creative forces within the sea<br \/>\nOceans teeming with life galore<br \/>\nBut instead just fathoms of blood and gore<\/p>\n<p>A dying ocean a mournful place<br \/>\nIn one hundred  years of real disgrace<br \/>\nMan stole their world Destroyed it all<br \/>\n71 per cent that haul<br \/>\nOf life of  creation of balance and soul<br \/>\nGone in the wink of an eye<br \/>\nThe control<br \/>\nStare down into a lifeless sea<br \/>\nA liquid landfill Constantly<br \/>\nBubbling  with acidity<br \/>\nAnd little left unfortunately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This globular mass We call our earth 71 per cent is worth A greater deal to the planets core For that is where water exists for sure The oceans the rivers the lakes the seas The world of water whose &hellip; 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