Poisoned

The forest grows, slowly, each year,

Aging trees, amassing wisdom and strength,

A harmony where there’s life without fear.

Who dares enter this sanctuary here?

This unwelcome stranger intrudes harmony,

Sowing the seeds of chaos in this haven

He strides through it destroying health

Poisoning rooted life and animal akin.

The flora consumes this toxin, this growing

Wildfire, consuming and affecting fauna akin.

Thus the sanctuary dies, slowly each year

Battling this infection it could not cure.

And eventually at, the end of its life,

As the forest breathed its very last,

The intruder returns and setting fire

To the withered remains, he stood by

Watching, as it burned. So he vanishes

With the dying flames, in search of

Another Eden for his gain…