The sea weeps bitterly…
Her flailing lungs gasping.
Her children hungry.
Marauding sharks nipping at the floating fish.
Dolphins nosing aside a tide of plastic.
No smack of jellyfish is that.
Food no.
Oxygen barely.
Wide eyed with terror,
Panic sets in.
Her seal pups swims frantically away.
Succour not.
Humans ahead.
Damned either way.
Back home, she labours to waddle
Not.
Gasping done.
Human hands to hold.
Learned minds to decipher:
Plastic overload,
Digestive system impaired,
Contamination,
Suffocation,
Asphyxiation.
Pollution,
Death ahead.
The midst of the end.
She rails as if in a storm.
Bellows against the plastic tide.
She sobs, shudders fatigued.
Azure seas blackened.
Hope haunted.
Life lost.
Cargo ships, cruise liners,
Humans, friends no more.

So sad…how we pollute the sea!!! Love the post and the pictures!
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Thank you… I read about the seal dying and had to say something… We have a lot to answer for and remedy. Asap.
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Amen, Sister…Preach It!!!!
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This is horrible. We should never let this happen. Thank you for sharing. 🤗
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Hi Christy, trying to bring awareness in some small way. If I could, id leave work and volunteer to assist and educate.
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That is amazingly sweet of you!
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You are assisting and educating right now. Thanks for the post, and the motivation.
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It would feel wrong somehow to like this post. I prefer just to say thank you. Best, Brian
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Thank you Brian. This upsets me so much. I see videos of these damaged creatures and my heart bleeds.
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Very sad. There is at least one company, I can’t remember which one, that is trying to do something about this by cleaning up the ocean plastic and recycling it. I saw the report on a video called “Prosperity”. They were talking about how companies can use the good they are doing in the world as selling points for their products and that we, as consumers, can be aware of those companies and help out by buying their products instead of some other company’s products. It really could work if we as consumers do our part.
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I agree. Many of us in South Africa have clean up sessions. The thing is though, the younger generation needs to get educated and the older more forceful in their mission to leave their footprints with positive impacts.
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THIS is the one I believe… https://4ocean.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMItvuF563e3AIVBuh3Ch15ywWzEAAYASAAEgKagfD_BwE
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Wow Christy, this is initiative on a big scale and the bracelet idea, so good, especially if teens get involved. Thank you for sharing.
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A good post to highlight a very big issue. If we all do our bit and put rubbish in a bin, this would not happen. Sadly, I see people drop their litter and there can be a bin just a few steps away. There are people that don’t seem to care. It makes me sad.
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I see that and I want to shake them. Saw a little girl tossing her dirt out of their moving car. Mother was oblivious or apathetic. Ugh. 😦
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I have seen stuff tossed from a moving car too and I can’t help but curse under my breath. Why can’t they stop being lazy, idiots or whatever and they just take it home.
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I can’t understand that mentality. I have a bin bag in my car.
Here in SA, due to the lack of education and subsequent unemployment in some sectors, people actually wait at robots or crossroads to volunteer to accept waste… For a small fee.
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I can’t understand it either. I have always took my rubbish home, or put in a nearby bin when either out and about in someone’s car, travelling on a coach, or walking about. I would never consider dropping the rubbish. I never did this as a kid either.
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crap everwheres! booo!
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So tragic!
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Very.
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Wish we we were not capable of allowing this to happen/ doing this… in the first place. Nice to read this because the more talk… action will lead to improvement.
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Yes Christy. The pictures here are harsh but so is the reality.
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Wow, horrific, eh? What are we doing to future generations?!😩
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Human intelligence is skewered in putting non-human life at risk.
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Agreed.
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We in shipping industry have MARPOL regulations which are very strict and prohibit throwing of any garbage into the sea except food waste that too only in the areas permitted. We have been following it diligently.
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Yay for that! Thank you for your input. If only others would follow your example.
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Great way to express your feelings……..well done
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Thank you my friend. Just spreading the message that we need to be more environmentally conscious.
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The human race is the most selfish race on earth! We don’t realize that by harming our environment we are harming ourselves and making life difficult for the coming generations. It’s even surprising to learn that when you stop someone or ask someone to not use plastics, he or she will tell you that others are using. We don’t understand that someone has to take a step.
I hope the message goes through!
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You are right. I pray so too.
Perhaps reblog the poem to spread awareness near you? I send a hug from a rather chilly SA.
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from a few years ago, in Kenya, nylon etc is prohibited.
Plastics etc are dangerous for animals!
We must consciously take care not to choice plastic! ! 😀
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Well done Kenya. Everyone else needs to listen up too….
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….strict fines need to be imposed as well.
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This is so hard to see Kavita, but necessary to see the truth. As individuals we can all help the situation by avoiding over-use of plastic, and if we do use it, at least to make responsible choices about how we dispose of it. And I love your poem: those words really hit home.
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Terribly upsetting but necessary we both agree. I’ve been meaning to post on this. When I read about your gizmo find, I had to make a stand with you. Thank you for the support especially on this Women’s Day. A happy day to you too.
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Oh..And Happy National Women’s Day to you! xx
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https://www.theoceancleanup.com/ – this organization is giving me some hope about this problem.
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Thank you.
I fear the statistics are overwhelming.
So good to read of this and other initiatives, thank you.
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🙂 thought you might like to know about this. My friend Dymoon told me about this last year and they have been making a lot of progress.
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Thank you for speaking up! Totally hard to think this is happening right NOW. But it is!
It’s too real! We are the only ones who can change this picture!
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Agreed thank you for your feedback!
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Thanks for the follow 🙂
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A very haunting piece. It really is so saddening the state that we have let things become. I learned recently that most of the plastic comes from Asia – primarily China, which is where a large majority of the world’s goods are produced! The problem goes so deep that it almost seems insurmountable. But seeing as your can only change your little corner of the world, we have to start there. If you see litter always pick it up and dispose of it properly and try your best to reduce and avoid plastics! My post on plastic here – https://jessicaleecole.wordpress.com/2018/07/16/our-plastic-addiction/ talks a lot about the impact of plastic and how we are starting to take steps to stop it! Thanks again for reading and it really is a beautifully written piece ❤️
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Thank you for the your warm words Jessica. My heart goes cold when I think of the future of the birds, fish and our environment. It is as you say, we must ALL make a concerted effort to reduce our footprint in this world. Will read your post. I send kind regards, Kavita, Sunshiny SA
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I hope and believe people (humans and our governments) will change their behaviour, so that this and other kinds of pollution and environmental destructions will stop…
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I pray so too.
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Its disgraceful the way our oceans are treated. I am very much enjoying following your blog x
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Thank you Julie. I too enjoyed my visit to your world. Sadly some of us have more sad days but hope and faith, I live by those words. 🤗💞
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