Where have all the Green Trees Gone?
Robin Hood thieves from the woodlands,
for seemingly meaningful greenery,
and rather mysterious scenery
to sell at garden nurseries.
Jack axes the canopies:
veneers to go on vanities.
And the lavish sunlit
leaves are fading,
and falling.
Pragmatic greed
smothers silent cries,
of felled trees,
gruesomely shrugs
over carnage.
Emptiness sweeps
into grey-gaps.
We ache for beauty…
remembered,
imagined,
unseen.
Copyright © Jeanette Swan | Year Posted 2024
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