Exploitation

When God declared man the master of creation I don't think he said Go and kill everything that breathes All I see is carcases of elephants And rhinos And a.million tusks being burnt to ashes Hunters with arrows for buffalo meat Poachers with rifles shooting ranchers For ivory For export to Vietnam And farmers chopping trees For charcoal And expansive cropping Dried up streams And empty skies No strong roots to stop erosion anymore No wild berries for birds anymore Where did all the green go? Who stole our animals from the zoo? How many trees did you plant this year? I see El Nino storms, Is that Mother Earth dropping a tear? Is she grieving At the cruel hand of man's exploitation?