The Island Without Greens
The island is rich
In natural coal minerals
A company begun mining it
People come in to force labor
For national copper
They mined the sea under it
The island turn to a fortress wall
To house the industry and the five thousand workers
They made apartments, schools, courtyards
Stores, gym, and other amenities
And made ten meter wall around the island
They name the island, "island without greens"
The island became famous and well known
Throughout the archipelago for many decades
They produced the country's coal energy
Until, one day, the island is not enough
To sustain the coal country's energy supply
The industry is soon to stop
The people begun to abandoned the island
Surely, the island is now a ghost island
The apartment begun to crumble
The newspaper scattered in the courtyard
The breeze is now freely wafting all over
For years, the island begin to have greens
Finally, the island came back to where it began.
Copyright © Hugo Sarvida Jr. | Year Posted 2024
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