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Don't Give Up
By: David F. Scarborough Sr.

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Posted by davidfssr Sun Aug 16, 2009 13:00:34 PDT
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The earth once teemed and buzzed with life


 

Then came the spear, the gun, and knife


 

And man who once was kind and just


 

Gave way to greed, to want, and lust


 


 

He had to have all he could see


 

He wanted all, He did decree


 

That nothing in his way would stand


 

He raped and plundered all the land


 


 

As I grew up I used to hear


 

Of forests green and wildlife dear


 

Now I gaze with tears and look


 

these things are only in a book


 


 

I wish someone had thought ahead


 

Had seen the path we all now tread


 

Had known the agony, the sorrow


 

For thinking not about tomorrow


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Now it seems it is to late


 

To change this awful man-made fate


 

We struggle and are filled with strife


 

As earth we try to restore to life


 


 

We cannot give up, cannot turn back


 

We want earth green, not burned and black


 

We hope that greed, and want, and lust


 

Has not condemned us all to dust

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