A marigold was standing lone on a hill

Scraped of life, garbage thrown to still

 

Its petals they stepped turning grey in dim sky

Its green thin stem was bursting to cry

 

Big tall buildings looked like shards

Smoke and steam filled the air in lard

 

Dead bodies haunted the lifeless ground

Not a single animal was scavenging or be found

 

The coast was black with rot and soot

Waste dump cans were filled till the chute

 

Pollution ruled the kingdom of man

Coughing could be heard, alas! was the plan

 

The marigold saw all this

And started to sob

How beautiful the world used to be

But now it was a blob

 

It hugged itself just one last time

And started turning grey, slowly along the chime

 

Soon it was just a splatter of grey

The last trace of nature gone, everything full of dismay

 

The world used to be merry

The nature alive

But the greed of man

Aimed for this to thrive

 

Let’s take a pledge

That we never see this sight

I by all means will protect our mother nature

By doing all can to save her out of this plight

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