This poem I wrote tells of the changes that are experienced by those displaced  by irresponsible deforestation.

Title: An ode to the changing environment

The soft waters flowed

Cascading through the glens

Wind in the willows blew

All seemed to be at ease

For all was serene in the quiet calm forest

Till one tumultuous day

When those savages came

They tore our flora down and caused an uproar

All in the forest was disrupted

Things were never to be the same again

 As the lofty cedars and towering pines were uprooted

Never to be seen by us again

Some said it was modernization ,the stuff of great change

Others thought it was stuff and nonsense

To take our homes away

Some fought for us

 Others departed

Some created propaganda around it

And when things quieted down, went away

Yet the fact remained that our home throughout the years

Was cut down, destroyed and taken away

I urge you, dear child to heed my words

Do not fell your trees

Or destroy the forests they inhabit

For they provide the oxygen you breathe

 And are a refuge for many

-written by Aasha Eapen