A Better Question

 If

Academics & scholars

Had 

All the answers

Wouldn't 

All the problems

Be solved 

By now?

If

The bottom line

Is

Allowed 

To be

The bottom line

Doesn't 

The bottom line

Beg the question,

Isn't something 

Missing here?

This 

Can't 

Then

Be

The 

Bottom line!

Given

Successive governments

Have 

Sanctioned

Clear-cutting

Strip-mining

"Round-Up"

Thalidomide

Tobacco

Alcohol

Nuclear bombs

Environmental degradation 

Genocide

Colonialism

"War" on

(You name it...)

Monopolies

Oppression 

Corporate Plutocracy

Do you 

Really believe

It prudent

To abdicate 

One's personal 

Wellness

To 

Those

That

Represent 

&

Uphold

Such

Dubious 

&

Malicious

Undertakings

Does 

Anyone

Really believe

That 

Harmony

With Nature

Will 

Ever occur

As long

As

There are 

Continued attempts 

To 

Control, Manipulate 

&

Dominate it?

Nature 

Will not

Succumb

To such

Suppositions

Instead

of

Attacking it

Exploiting it

Mounting 

Full-frontal 

Attacks

Upon it

What

Might the 

Outcome be

If

Nature

Were

Embraced

If 

An alliance

Was formed

It was

Respected

Revered

There 

Are

No shortages 

Of

Hearts 

In the world

Though

Those

Living 

With heart

Might

Well be

In 

The minority

A 

Whole-hearted

Life

May not

Achieve

Longevity

But 

There 

Will be

No doubt

That it

Lived!!

R.O'Neill (November 11, 2020)