Left Dying

jungles budding cement

sprout high-rise

transport corridors               

the new horizon.

Birch,

Sequoia,

 the Redwood ,

slain to clear the way.

The Camphor,

the Rowan,

 the sacred Oak’s wood,

left dying or dead.

                       Harmful

                                    poisons

                                                  fill the air.    

Spirits that  aide our breath...

                                                                       forgotten

 

Should we care?

 

                                    or fall

                                                            to progress?

 

 

 

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