On Development In Koroit

In this part of Koroit once a beauty quite old Of old houses and old trees in the backyards for people to behold The trees are removed and the houses torn down An environmental eye sore in old Koroit Town This in the name of progress many might say But due to this so called development Koroit is more ugly today What many see as progress to me seems all wrong Since the Earth is not ours to destroy to the Earth we belong The birds and the possums from the backyards have gone And for people life in Koroit Town as usual goes on But the resident birds and possums if living must feel scared and distressed There should be nothing in this for one to feel impressed A few jobs in the short term this might create But there should be nothing in this for to celebrate For a few jobs the development of natural habitat seems a huge price to pay Far too much destruction of the Natural Environment in the World of today I too am one more silent voice in the crowd And by people of power and money i too do feel cowed of this sort of development is there any need For our future extinction we may be planting the seed Of uncalled for attacks on Mother Nature nothing for to feel proud The noise of the bulldozing machines is loud What we do to our Earth Mother to our own selves we do And this applies to everyone and everyone includes me and you.