inevitable - or - preventable

i saw a tall tree felled, and straight after that another
seeing a man shot and killed right before his brother
i have been watching this scene for many a day
stretching further back than i dare admit say
i am powerless to help my fallen comrade
i can only watch on and offer them shade
i see great expance unfolding and appearing
where once great brothers stood, now disappearing
these brothers nutured many a bug and many a beast
as in turn i nurtured them its all i could do the very least
i take great solice in the fact that when man destroys all
he will choke on the emptiness, alone on this ball
and when he has gone, i will begin my allotment on the side of this hill
then my great cloud will spread, and this world, once again i will fill

c.d.lee