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white forest

inspired by the sad reality of coral bleaching

By Polina PapazovaPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
white forest
Photo by Timur Kozmenko on Unsplash

i saw the white stone corpse

of underwater trees

as i was slowly drifting by

observed their untimely death

and mourned their fleating beauty

i saw the colour draining

from few that still remained alive

in silence of the ocean

i grieved for them and cried

this is more then common

global warming affect

it’s home destruction, murder

a criminal offence

in mear 2 to 3 decades

we have destroyed the sea

and no one wants to face it

many have looked

pretending not to see

temperature still rises

more plastic floats about

but people just look past it is

it’s bullshit in their mind

i saw the bleached blond corals

i saw what we have done

the tragedy and horror

their death, for ‘comfort’ in our life

nature poetry

About the Creator

Polina Papazova

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