Life Changing Times

Part Two

Life Changing Times

Doorstep of Today 

 

Hushed miniscule beads

Mysteriously appear,

 Veiled as vernal dew,

Refresh flora and wildlife

And give rise to a new Spring

…

Splendid crowns afire,

Holly trees proudly display

Festive red and green,

Nature’s decorative gift

In the wild and wreaths on doors

….

Choice lavender fields

Caress our eyes with delight,

Then yield their blossoms

And unleash the precious oils

That enrich us with fragrance

….

No longer pristine,

Bottles, cans and sordid trash

Adorn sandy shores,

Respect for life all but gone,

Where is the conscience, the guilt?

….

The noble forest,

Beautifully green and rich,

Ever dignified,

Before its base defilement

And the scars of acid rain

….

Birds and marine life

Mortally smothered in oil,

Scattered on beaches,

Products of catastrophes,

Augurs of changes needed

….

Gallant mountain razed,

Ecosystem sabotaged,

All for lumps of coal,

Irreversibly tragic,

Yet greed has let it happen

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Nature, pure and free

Embraces all, yet abused,

Taken for granted,

Spurned by ungrateful lovers,

Weeps silently for days past

Chelle Munroe©

August 19, 2014