The plague in the Mirror

By Dr Benway


The plague in the Mirror

We pour over this earth like blood from a rancid wound.
Consuming everything in our path, much more than is needed for our survival.
The "Lesser" creatures on this planet seem to understand the subtle balance it takes to survive here, while we the "intelligent" ones slave night and day in an attempt to gain control of that balance so that we can force the earth to provide us an even greater yield to consume.
and the world turns...

"par·a·site
n.

1. An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the
survival of its host."

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  • A Velvet Tongue On Thursday, March 31, 2005, A Velvet Tongue (436)By person wrote:

    sometimes its hard to decipher..are we the blood or the rancid wound?..great piece here! bravo!

  • A former member wrote: the addition of a definition madce this poem soooo much stronger! that was such a good move on your part! nice...

  • AniDayz On Thursday, February 10, 2005, AniDayz (820)By person wrote:

    oh but this is spectacular...and ya know what---it's going on my favorites...*intelligent*

  • Zara Synn On Thursday, February 10, 2005, Zara Synn (57)By person wrote:

    Sometimes the best words come to us when our minds our slipping farther away...I liked this piece as well. At this rate, I'm going to end up commenting on all of your work tonight. =)

  • diavolessa On Wednesday, February 9, 2005, diavolessa (208)By person wrote:

    being lucid never influenced a poet...i much appreciate how raw and human this is

  • sIo On Wednesday, January 26, 2005, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    very nice. i like this.

  • sIo On Sunday, February 13, 2005, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    i can understand your point of view on this world from this piece very clearly.

  • Six-Out On Wednesday, January 26, 2005, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    *nod* Your mind is like a catacomb. I'd pay to find out what lurks beneath the surface, but I'm hoping you'll keep giving us snippets like this.

  • The Crimson Queen On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, The Crimson Queen (918)By person wrote:

    good to see you can still write during your whole ordeal....great write...

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