
Trees
Cut down
Chipped
Slaughtered
Home for bees
Lorikeets
and who knows
what else
– no more.
Done in the name of
Progress.
Do trees deserve
less respect
because they cannot speak to us?
We stand
witnesses to this carnage.
Impotent.
The workers do their job
But are owed no disrespect.
The government
have the power.
We are informed
Not consulted.
We feel so much
and can do so little.
Our grief
has the backdrop
of our 35 year presence
Here.
Part of God’s plan
Or a cul de sac?