Two poems written for OASIS by R.J. Appleby

I live in Africa where I pray for the rain

My prayers and my dreams are always the same

MY belly is swollen and my family are dead

The pain is unbearable until I get fed

I hope I survive and have a family of my own

and we can eat fresh food from seeds we have sown

I will suffer the pain until my dream comes true

and one day it will because of people like you

Author R.J. APPLEBY

A VIEW FROM THE PROM

The view from the promenade is a sight to be seen

Fish should be jumping and the sand should be clean

But if you look closely the truth is there

AS fish lay around and their dead eyes stare

The smell of the sea should be salty and" fresh

But today it just smells of rotting birds flesh

We need not look far to see its pollution

Sewage and oil caused this mass execution

How much more will the ocean bare

Of this relentless onslaught and lack of care

All along the beach we are bathing and walking

Yet why don't we here the animals talking

We will never hear if we simply don't listen

Answers are here to make the seas glisten

Please support OASIS each and all nations

For in this vision lies all our salvations.

Author R.J.APPLEBY Sewage and oil and mass execution