If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother - Poems on Environment , Wildlife

JUST A MINUTE TO DESTRUCTION

The tree took a century to grow to unprecedented
limits; blossoming into boundless branches and
resplendent foliage,
And it took you just a minute to chop it to the
ground; with barbaric strokes of your gleaming
pickaxe.

The mountains took thousands of years to evolve; with
their summits towering handsomely towards the sky;
camouflaged in a heap of pristine snow,
And it took you just a minute to pulverize their
blissful demeanor to flimsy ash; bombarding them
ruthlessly with your hi-tech and contemporary bombs.

The colorful tribes trespassing on the planet took
several decades to spawn; indulging into a myriad of
festivity and sacrosanct beliefs,
And it took you just a minute to make them the most
acrimonious of enemies; poisoning their minds against
each other; with your deceiving and manipulative talk.

The tantalizingly salty waters of the ocean took
centuries to form; harboring an ingratiating variety
of fish and vivacious coral weeds,
And it took you just a minute to adulterate its entire
visage; dropping abominable buckets of crude oil from
the ship.

The atmosphere took infinite births to be created;
kissing every part of the globe with its silken
caress,
And it took you just a minute to pollute it
indiscriminately; blowing obnoxious gases from your
vehicle; at a full throttle.

The soil took millions of years to preserve wells of
precious liquid; entrapping droplets of scintillating
water deep within its core,
And it took you just a minute to savagely plunder its
harmony; inserting your hydraulic and contemporary
drilling equipment to empty it; till it cried.

The cow wandering timidly on the slopes took loads of
agonizing time to fill the colossal buckets with its
milk; each globule of white oozing having the
fortitude to outclass the most ingenious of vitamins
single handedly,
And it took you just a minute to blend it with cheap
saliva; to augment its quantity; before you
commercially sold it to unsuspecting customers.

The old men and women spent their entire lifetimes to
incessantly worship and revere their culture and
heritage; sacrificed their heads to prevent even a
single blemish from infiltrating into their land,
And it took you just a minute to ruthlessly transgress
across them; satanically maraud their ideals; and
embracing alien winds just because they suited your
taste.

The World Trade Center took countless months to
construct; sheltered thousands of individuals; some of
the most innovative brains from all across the
continent,
And it took you just a minute to squelch it to bellows
of black dust; using your cowardly and diabolical mind
to smash it with airplanes; having innocent people
trapped inside.

It took more than times ever perceivable to harness
the spirit of love; spreading it like wild fire into
the heart of every human being walking on this soil;
every palpable entity gallivanting with a glimmer of
hope in its eyes,
And it took you just a minute to completely destroy
its mesmerizing essence; leaving it no scope at all to
flourish with all your killings; war and hostility.