Renewal

The sky shone blue, the grass grew green
Fresh rain had washed the flowers clean
The sun was out, and shining bright
The bright stars sparkled in the night
But, just beyond the country’s rim
Civilization was starting to brim
Into this place, so pristine
With myriad wonders to be seen
But at the edge, large factories loomed
Threatening the flowers which once bloomed
The river, once so clear and clean
Soon turned into a murky green
The grass shriveled, shirking the life
Which would be filled with polluted strife
The sky filled with haze, and the sun and stars
Were blocked out by smog from businesses and cars
The economy boomed, the city grew
Across the country, structures were strewn
But human beings, with our destructive wars,
This city we soon wrecked and tore
The buildings collapsed, the concrete broke
Smog was blown away, as well as the smoke
The plants soon grew, ready to reclaim
The land where they had suffered the pain
Of watching their habitat ripped apart
But then seeing the humans depart,
So once again, amidst the rubble
A small, green sprout took the trouble
To push up from the city’s ruin
That came and went so very soon
The ground, though it was once nourishing
No longer was robustly flourishing
But eventually it was cleansed
And after that, a forest dense
Grew far and wide, leaving no trace
Of the city that had once inhabited the place
The sky grew clear, and the sun and stars
Beamed once again on this world of ours
They now shine down form far away
A shimmering portrait to display