Saving Sumatra

Indonesia’s home of the brave
Empty clearings; Land unsaved
Ferocious beasts left behind
In the evolutionary wave of anthropological time

As humans change to meet solitary needs
Air is taken; The Earth can’t breathe
Even fish in the depths of sea feel as carbon builds beneath
Algae once purifying, now vampiric devils
Acidity is fire that becomes most detrimental
 
Habitats restricted, fragmented away
Leaving no grounds to hide & corporations untamed
The sea, the mangrove, the river once famed
Were an untouched soul that the fisherman could name
But without an option, without a place to lay
Even the fisherman continues to maim

Old-growth forests once so connected
Are now perceived with no future projection
Of what will become of this human infection
As we build our roads into the hearts of the protected

Plantations of palm bring untouched nature to its knees
To produce a product that makes us inherently ill-at-ease

As parties of politics cover our eyes
We see the forests meet their demise
Species uncorrelated with global pride
No more nature for nature to reside
Predators become prey unallied
Clearing becomes one of many divides

Millions of acres are blipped from existence
As pulp and paper sprout in the distance
Closer and closer we come to our limits
Demands are the path of most resistance
 
Agroforests where birds disappear
Historical natives loved it here
Damar or Durian take a pick
Which are listed in your favorite lipstick?
How many workers gave their life
To feed the endless incense hype?
We must have lacked the feeling of plight
To see cosmetics as a human right

Legislation sees in REDD+
Conflicted action, the expect of dread
Despite the strength of operations led
We wait for information;
For these countries to amend

The disconnection of humans and leaves
Is what chops down these rubber trees

Cash crops bleed the natural world
The horrendous ecological footprint
Of what once was
 Just some boys and some girls.