while you slept.....
~Bittersweet~
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WHILE YOU SLEPT
The stillness of the forest was broken
with staccato bursts of gunshot
the poachers closed in quickly
hungry to see what they got
some claimed the tusks, others the horn
the carcasses skinned and shared
young or old, none were spared
and another herd vanished
while you slept.....
Rotting corpses were immersed
amidst chanting of esoteric hymns
bedraggled, tired souls waded in
seeking atonement for their sins
and the deity sailed to her abode
at the end of another noisy festival
each factory added its own chemical
and another river died
while you slept.....
Their saws hacked at her branches
till they broke with a wrenching sound
mute before the timber mafia
the majestic pine crashed to the ground
where birds sang and the sun shone through
it lay where it once stood
sacrificed for it's humble wood
yet another tree fell
while you slept....
One solitary voice dared protest
as the list of shame grew longer
the voice was heard by a few
and their chorus grew stronger
care for your environment their guiding light
bound to preserve and nourish
to see man and nature flourish
slowly, a crusade began
while you slept.....
~Bittersweet~
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