Don'T Give Up

Don't Give Up The earth once teemed and buzzed with life Then came the spear, the gun, and knife And man who once was kind and just Gave way to greed, to want, and lust He had to have all he could see He wanted all, He did decree That nothing in his way would stand He raped and plundered all the land As I grew up I used to hear Of forests green and wildlife dear Now I gaze with tears and look these things are only in a book I wish someone had thought ahead Had seen the path we all now tread Had known the agony, the sorrow For thinking not about tomorrow Now it seems it is to late To change this awful man-made fate We struggle and are filled with strife As earth we try to restore to life We cannot give up, cannot turn back We want earth green, not burned and black We hope that greed, and want, and lust Has not condemned us all to dust by; David F Scarborough Sr.