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Goodnight To The Mountain
Ugonna Wachuku
Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This climate change is terribly threatening!
This global warming strikes at the soul of
our earthly existence. We must act now,
on this truly trying journey called life!
All enchanting earthly education is needed.
There is a smiling storm gathering in the east.
There is a weeping sea across the desert.
Rising waves beat against the beach.
Whispering winds call us to new beginning.
But we are still dancing. We are still dancing
to that music of freedom. We are still dreaming
when we should have woken up to protect and
preserve earth's dying environment!
There is a smiling storm gathering in the west.
There is an unknown sun setting tonight.
Then, let us wake up and build our battered planet.
Let us rise with the sun and say good-bye to hopeless
dreams of the night. Let us follow the whispering
wind's voice and find the beauty of this earth.
Let us watch the fig tree shed its leaves and know
that the season is near.
Remember, there is a smiling storm gathering in the
hidden handsomeness of this global warming. There is
a smiling storm gathering across those clouds of blue
and grey sitting in the north and south. So, when owls
hoot no more; when streams and waterfalls weep; when
you kiss me good-bye, remember to ask:
what is so good in saying goodbye?
There is a smiling storm warming itself up to kiss.
New flowers are sprouting. Gardens are blooming. So,
remember, when the sun says goodnight to the mountain,
darkness will light up the earth. Darkness will make us
see why we must keep this earth alive in love; with
tolerance and brotherhood!
When the sun says goodnight to the mountain, please,
my love, do not kiss me goodnight. Do not let me see
the fuming face of this smiling storm because our love
will outlive every monument of time. We will soar with
the eagles to new horizons of hope and oneness when the
sun says goodnight to the mountain!
Together, as one people, come, humanity, now is the
time to protect and preserve our beautiful, dying
environment. Now is the time to fight this deadly
climate change and global warming!
This climate change is terribly threatening!
This global warming strikes at the soul of
our earthly existence. We must act now,
on this truly trying journey called life!
All enchanting earthly education is
needed.
We
must
move
now
to
act
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Can I just give my praises to
Can I just give my praises to the title?
I know it's an unusual thing to compliment. I don't often give feedback to poems, because they are so diverse and it's impossible to call a poem "bad" unless they're trying to do something specific.
Plenty of people are complimenting your poem, but the title is what immediately drew me in here.
Well done on both!
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
Heroes are not meant to survive.
thank you so much! What a beautiful song for Mother earth... You are a true soldier in and of this world!
Peace and love my brother ~~
Dougie ~~
This is such a wonderful and beautifully written poem. Thank you for sharing.
Ugonna, I was humbled when I read your beautiful, haunting poem, "Goodnight to The Mountain." What an important message to us mortals - that loving one another and taking care of each other and, so importantly, this earth, is what matters in the scheme of life. This is a wonderful, meaningful poem. Thank you so much for writing it and sharing it with the world. Helen
I just love the title of this poem, very neat!
Dearest Ugonna,
Goodnight To The Mountain grabbed my heart and moved it as a whisper on a breeze from East to West. How incredibly full of beauty you are. Defintely a sunrise over humanity. I greatly admire the goodness in you.
Your Apple Pumpkin Flower ;)