A New World

A New World There is an epic war Waged for all of time Man is the enemy Fighting and killing Destroying everything in sight His weapons are concrete and steel With glass so he can see his victories He claims he wants to make the world better Make it more livable for his children He loves the towers he creates All of the streets which run everywhere And yet, go nowhere He forces the plants to live in preserves Giving the animals less and less room But, even in the havens he grants to nature He encroaches and destroys With all his forethought he doesn't know Someday, after he is gone After he had returned to the dirt from where he came The asphalt borders he had erected The temples he built to worship progress will fall They will crumble to dust And the trees and animals he imprisoned will rise They will climb to where man had been They will grow and live in the debris Nature will reclaim the world which was stolen It will make everything right And the world will begin anew