Perception

Green fertile valleys spread before your eyes

Mountains topped with icing glisten in the sun

Forests spread their branches reaching for the sky

Rivers teem with life and dance among the rocks

You see a coat of many colours carpeting the fields

Villages and towns alive with harvest bounty

Mother Nature's beauty spreads before your eyes

The wonders of this world speak out to you

I see the valley floor sliced apart in black

Hillsides torn and scarred with spinning giants

Ancient forests stripped naked to the root

Rivers bleached and bloodied with the effluent of man

Harvests sit uncut rotting in the fields

Buildings lie in wait for the vacant population

Life's beauty long since faded in advancement

As I stare at the destruction, I see man

© Fergus Martin

June 2014