I Long For

I long for a place of human created noise free With Nature's own beauty everywhere around me Free of pollution where birds sing all day Far from where factory chimneys puff up smoke clouds of gray Such places are rare which seems quite sad to say For urbanization and industrialization there is some price to pay I long for a cottage far from the noisy street Near a wood not far from where a stream and a river do meet In a World of billions of people Nature's creatures are losing out In the pools of the rivers less fish swimming about In a World where us humans in huge numbers abound Far too much pollution of air and water and ground With Nature most of us humans have not learned how to live We take and take from her and in return to her little does give Because of us many species of wildlife are becoming rare Nature's resources with them we have not learned how to share Of the noise of heavy machinery i long to be free On a nice sunny day sitting in the shade of a tree In kilometers far from the crowded street Near where the stream and the river do meet.