Tell Me Why

I can smell cherry blossom but the tree's are bare I can hear birds singing but there's only an aeroplane in the air I can see fish swimming but the river is lifeless and grey Now there is a sewage plant Where the signets used to play. I can hear mowing but its artificial grass I thought I saw a tiger but its an exhibit behind glass. Where once I saw a badger Caring for her brood All I see now are discarded plastic plates of processed food . Tell me why Please tell me why . The world is polluted but there is profit to be made Chopping down rainforests Denying animals food and shade. We know we need the oxygen Those tree's provide but in the interests of making money That can be denied . We see the devastation Caused by tidal wave but we are planning our next million As the dead are lowered in their graves. We protest loudly When animals are killed for their ivory But those making the money are not in jail I see. Tell me why Please tell me why . When the greedy have made their money We'll have them to thank That the fossil of mother nature Is held inside a bank . Will the only nature of the future Be seen in a faded photograph Or will those replica plastic animals made in China Incur our children's wrath. It is our kids who will inherit The world we leave behind let us leave them a future Fit for all of mankind Pass a thing of beauty Into our children's care We can do that if we care for each other and the world we share.