Save the Trees

One Day I awoke frightened and scared,
On a hot humid day, with beads of despair,
I looked around me searching for the green trees
As far as I could see I was greeted by concrete debris

Gone were the lakes where we used to play
The branches of the trees where we used to sway
There was no air, just polluted atmosphere
The vendors were selling oxygen which seemed to disappear

All the faces in the crowd were blackened by smoke.
The forests, the mangroves cleared to shelter more households
With no rains to cool the temperatures soared
The winters were harsh, they chilled to the bone
Everywhere we looked it was a sea of calamity
It was no longer the Earth, but had become a concrete city

Amidst all this I saw an old graffiti on the wall
I cleared the smoke ahead and read it all
It was a message written long and forgotten
As I read the message it brought tears to my eyes
For once I wished I had taken that advice
For in the name of Urbanization we had ignored the Nature’s call
Plant trees my children, the graffiti read, for tress save All