This feeling that grips my heart
Like a tight vice
As I see the hatred
that has overtaken my country.
I miss seeing the world as I saw it when I was a child, when all was trees and green nature. Before I feared that my dog would be killed for his breed, before I knew of the deaths of coral reefs and the clearing of rainforests, before I knew how common and frequent is the sins of human beings, and how prone we are to murder, starting with all species of animals, and progressing even to each other.
Like a tight vice
As I see the hatred
that has overtaken my country.
I miss seeing the world as I saw it when I was a child, when all was trees and green nature. Before I feared that my dog would be killed for his breed, before I knew of the deaths of coral reefs and the clearing of rainforests, before I knew how common and frequent is the sins of human beings, and how prone we are to murder, starting with all species of animals, and progressing even to each other.