Broken Dreams:

A man, a wondering man wonders the land
far and wide living by the laws
fish the rivers
farm the lands
hunt the forests
but aways give thanks
then appears many men
iron beasts and electronic beeps
his mind ill at ease
he springs forth and asks why
the reply he gets is but development
for the better, access for those
wishing to see such splendor
businesses and expansion is the modern way
and yet the man neither hears nor understands
he is told money talks and survival depends
upon it so
and yet in his mind he knows it not to be
for may a year no matter rain or snow
the land has lived in Harmony
no fumes nor noise
no rubbish no damage
clean purity in a silent land
now to be seized for a better tomorrow
and when the cars come
and the trucks rumble on by
and the trees fall and the animals die
left behind is the man
wondering why....