Severing Earth

Like a chainsaw nightmare,

housing developments shave away natural vegetation.

Fresh water sources are severed and replaced with oil companies fracking.

Animal species, once finding forested comfort,

Confront malls carved throughout landscapes of freedom

Where natural water flowed,

now render rivers on fire with waste and chemicals.

Boundaries are being cut away for humankind.

Alas…

Right behind the land,

the blood and flesh of life,

sky awaits its demise,

when we will pay dearly for oxygen,

as uncontrolled population makes it impossible

for technology to keep up.

Such might be earth’s apocalyptic disappearance,

gasping for air while greed keeps the blade of ignorance razor sharp.