Operation Saving Me

A Poem by Alicia Hirshey

"Over 80% of marine pollution comes from land-based activities"~WWF

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Toxic spills
Chemical ships
Losing faith
Set adrift
Turn over the drums
To stay afloat
They won’t blame us
It’s not our fault
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Oil ship
Tossed in the sea
Killing millions
Turning waters green
Matted feathers
Fish the same
Who will save them
Oil spills are the same
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Patches of garbage
Effects are great
Killing many
Won’t stop the hate
Sit back and watch
As millions die
Is that how we chose to lead our lives
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Plastic bags
Mistaken for food
Blocking ways to breath
Making stomachs true
Choking in nothing normal
And now more than ever
It’s nothing new
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Nets left by fishers
Killing with might
Forging for something
Not a way to day
Swimming peacefully
The water was blue
I never saw it
Until it captured you.
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Fighting to make this right
Protecting you
Carry you on backs
Until your hearts mend
This is all our planet
We must respect it.

© 2011 Alicia Hirshey

Author's Note

A staggering amount of waste, much of which has only existed for the past 50 years or so, enters the oceans each year. From plastic bags to pesticides - most of the waste we produce on land eventually reaches the oceans, either through deliberate dumping or from run-off through drains and rivers

What Can We do to fix it- Help protect the last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean so we can learn how to help healthy reefs thrive, help unhealthy reefs recover, and better preserve the ocean.
Learn more at: http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/protect/

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I love how all of your poems deal with the honest and pure truth. I also feel that polluting is one of the most disrespectful things you can do to nature, and animals. It also effects us in many ways, but mostly the wildlife in the oceans. A powerful and also poignant write. Loved it a lot. I am inspired by many of your poems and you have excellent topics. Amazing job and write :)