WORTH IT
I suppose we do need wider roads and the trees need to come down
But when you look at all the destruction I feel I just want to frown,,
They say they replace the trees with new saplings here and there,
But to loose the sight of all that beauty seems to be quite unfair.
Pine, birch, beech, aspen and many others, shrubs as well
At the edge of the forests so lovely and the creatures that dwell
In the trees, or at each root will they be able to find another home?
How many were killed? How many hungry orphans now roam.
I am glad they replace the trees but how long will it really take
For those small saplings to grow big enough some homes to make .
Yes, I like the duel-highway but are they really worth the great cost
When so much grace and beauty in life from nature is cruelly lost.
(Millicent) Ann Margetson 8 April 2006