Freedom of the Geese

 

"'Cause I need freedom now

And I need to know how

to live my life

as its meant to be."  -- Mumford & Sons -- The Cave  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4UwnYyUrKA&feature=fvst

 

Freedom of the Geese

 

You say they fly into planes

and cause them to crash

But, in a contest between wings and steel

Who has the power to trash

Skies so high and clouds so fleet

designed by God to guide

the majesty of the geese?

 

You say they are too many

Their numbers beyond what we accept

But, what is to be tolerated

by us who make the rules?

Only those who we can shoot?

 

Who deemed us

the givers, the takers and the manipulators of life

for little beyond our own purported highs

And who granted to us

Unending lease

to the targeting of the geese?

 

You say they eat our grass

And taint our waters

But, what were waterfowl designed for

If not the lakes, the earth and the fauna?

How did our planet survive for eons

The arrivals of the geese?

 

You ask, what do they matter?

In a world where billions

are slaughtered for food, clothes, science, sport or whim?

What does it matter

the embodiments of perfect and cooperative freedom?

 

Who are we to ravage and destroy for others

What we so fight for and envy for ourselves?

 

Who are we to deny and cause to cease

the perfect freedom of the geese?   -- PCA

 

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