INVITATION



Do come for a walk with me
through this sylvan trail
where the air is scented
with lilies and pine.

Here shafts of sun shine
streak straight down
through the luxuriant roof
of thick lush green.

Let us go in stealth,
just to make us unfelt,
and unheard,
for we are intruders here.

This idyllic land belongs
to the birds, rabbits, critters;
their chirping, whistling
and scampering echo all over.

Let us be quite quiet,
and allow all sound and silence
to wash over us,
cleansing us of the city scent.

Side by side, let us muse over
those living in concrete forests,
and lament over the massacre
of trees, full of life and limb!

The sky scrapers are tall,
ozone layers have holes
global warmth flies in rockets
and weather fractures all forecast!

Let us take a vow together
to blanket Ma earth with trees,
our oxygen cylinders,
sole life savers!

One to one
will be a good one!
I plant a tree for you,
and you plant one for me.

And all the world
hand in hand, bed out trees
one to one!

That will make us
rich in green again,
leaving the green legacy
for generations to come!