Silent Spring

Once a verdant planet,

In long forgotten days.

Snow-capped mountains to raging seas,

Bathed in golden rays.

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Species rose and species faded,

Balance was maintained.

Yet our kind did not hold back,

Pursued consumption un-refrained.

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The wind blowed and water flowed,

Once nature was free.

But over time, what was sublime,

Fell to travesty.

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Trees existed to be lumber,

Animals in zoos.

The steady rise of QGAs,

Denying right to choose.

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Records exist of what we lost,

Of what's forever gone.

Roaring metal's all we hear,

Replacing nature's song.

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The grass is always greener,

And at heavy price we've learned.

That some things when they are lost,

Can never be returned.