Nature, Where Did You Go?

I look out the window.

I see the sunlight shining through the branches.

I see the tall buildings in the distance.

I hear the wind, the birds and the dead leaves.

I hear the endless hustle of humans.

I smell the crisp air.

I smell the toxic fumes as they tickle my nose.

I gaze up at the cloud covered night.

I see gray clouds, horizon to horizon.

I see the lights from the city extend for miles in the sky.

I hear the cars go by.

I hear the distant thunder.

I feel just how small we are.

I feel how large our impact really is.

I lay out beneath the clear night sky.

I see the countless stars.

I see the endless black.

I hear the wind.

I hear the cars driving by.

I feel the stillness of the universe.

I feel the rotation of the earth beneath my body.

The entire time, I wonder why.

Why have we done this?

When will the lushness of Nature be back?

I could always leave.

Be surrounded by nature out in the mountains.

But why should I leave?

I didn't do this.

Reviews

[Adreamer's Bluejay]

I think the message of this is amazing, but the repetition of the first three stanzas really made me lose interest pretty quick. Don't get me wrong, the word choice, the imagery, all of it was well done, but the repetition... i don't know, it just sorta undid all that beautiful work. Everyone else seems to love the piece though, so maybe I'm just weird. Anyway, interesting write.

[Pax]

I live in a tropical country, now residing here in the sandy dessert of the meddle east for work, this piece reminds me how I missed the green three and fresh air they brought to our feelings... Nature is still here, though it is slowly declining in numbers, construction here and there, overpopulation, poverty and over consumption - i hope its not to late to save what need to saved... very nice piece...

[nostal]

Bro, just go live in the mountains and become a hermit.