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[title] => One Left Standing
[time] => 2005-02-17 20:05:56
[hometext] => The environment is where we live, you would think the powers that be would take better care of it.
[bodytext] => There it stood with its branches stretched high A majestic silhouette against the blood red sunset sky Giving witness to all of humanity Its message to all who came to see, where beauty used to be A sad and forlorn picture against a backdrop of emptiness One tree now stood where a forest once shook and swayed As the wind in its branches a beautiful symphony had played Clearing they said, but decimation of a whole forest it turned out to be As all the other trees had been cut indiscriminately Dark clouds forming overhead, a tribute to all the trees that were dead No shelter from the elements could just one tree provide Exposed and open, no place for the animals to reside In an extinct barren land where all the trees used to stand All this emptiness, which once had been forestland One left standing, giving witness to the carnage One lone tree left to guard the graves No more deep-rooted companions today With branches, all reaching to the sky Each tree was arrested, cut and toppled to the ground to die Surrendering to man's exploitive and greedy hand One tree left as a reminder to man This farce to suggest they had responsibly logged the land How can they be allowed to rape the forest trees And leave nothing but bare ground where the beautiful forest used to be Hopefully we have learned our lesson [comments] => 5 [counter] => 278 [topic] => 27 [informant] => Willofree [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => NaturePoetry )
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