My Forest Tears

Etnomusical Movie of Indonesian Forest
(see more on www.gekkovoices.com)

the Poem is
Here at one time
orangutans played joyfully
eating fruits and leaves of the trees
swinging between the branches
generation upon generation for thousands of years

Here at one time
the Meranti, Ulin, and Kamper trees
stood sacredly in great forests
wild orchids bloomed and faded
in-synch with the rhythms of the universe

Here at one time
the Dayak with their blowpipes
hunted deer for their dinner
oo... the plentiful fruit and fish
abundant healing leaves

Here at one time
the sun shone brightly
pouring its light on the dense rain forest
chlorophyll turned CO2 to O2
creating fresh, clean air

Nowadays
no rain forest remain
gone are the Dayak and their culture
gone are the orangutans, only a sad story
with its historical garbage is left behind

Nowadays
millions of hectares of dry barren land
the dried roots of the trees remain
and huge holes of acid run-off water
left behind after the coal was sucked dry

Nowadays
the red sun shines
watching officials, businessmen,
and foreign investors greedily cut down the trees
planted and nurtured over thousands of years

Oh, my people ... my people
nowadays ...
angry Mother Earth sends floods
thousands of innocents lose belongings and lives
while the sinners play golf with their mistresses

Aach ... my forest laments
its eyes are swollen
its mouth gasps for breath

Oh ....
you will see when the islands are drowning
the deserts expanding
disasters grow more violent ... disasters grow more violent

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[WISDOMX9]

"........only a sad story

with its historical garbage is left behind"

Brilliant!

[singin4theearth]

We do this to ourselves. We allow it to happen. But we can turn it around. First we must care enough to act. Then we will replant the rainforests and protect and nurture them. They will, and have for so long, again provide for and protect us!

[khoniliouskulleh]

wow..iban from indonesia

[aryvelho1958]

Muy bueno video.

[Nosfeast]

I love the orangutans and all apes for that matter. But they are not the only ones who have suffered who do suffer....The natives of these lands suffer as well. The greed of MAN is too great do they not see what they are doing? what they have done? Do they even care? Do they not know there is more important things in the world...in life...then money???

[lacayan]

for all organitations that protect orangutan.orangutan outreach, BOSS

[lacayan]

beatifulll wonderfull- i fells to cry i love orangutans