World Stripped Away
Strip mall upon strip mall;
At landscapes they eat.
Strip mine affected
With ruinous feat.
Clearing a pathway;
Once was beauteous living.
Now all’s gone for sale,
Passed to builders we’re giving.
No room left for moving.
Traffic a curse.
Each new built construction;
Our world’s all the worse.
Short term the thinking,
Short-sighted gains;
Space since restricted
As clean living wanes.
Politicians so foolish
In the ratables chased.
Redundant; unneeded;
Our planet’s defaced.
More land since been spoiled
With each plow into dirt.
Every tree lost to clearing
Is our future we hurt.
Polluting the rivers
Equals life to extinction.
Smog fills the heavens.
Is this man’s lone distinction?
The world’s all connected;
As this sphere sees reduction;
Exploiting life’s circle
Is a slow self-destruction.
Copyright SGW 2004
1 comment:
The last two lines are really my favorite. We would all do well to heed that warning.
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