Our world

Our world we've choked with wires and plugs
Once great ships and shipyards now turn to rust,
Industries idle, no more stomping of boots
From the hoards of workers who gave their all,
In this world we see masses of disused goods,
Piled high in mountains in some third world countries
Destitute neighbourhood,
Out of sight and out of mind
From the advanced western eyes,
The coal mines and steel factories
Mostly silent and idle,
Left as a scar and a testament.
Nuclear stations in Russia and Japan
Will stand as a failure of man who does not understand,
That some energy is dirty,
Some energy is dangerous,
That not all knowledge leads to good things.
Remnants of man's insatiable lust for progress and greed
Mans failure to appreciate
Man is so naive,
It tampers with nature and messes it up,
Man is not the creator
Its not as amazing as nature.
Cities blight once green and pleasant lands
Forests perished so that man,
Could spread like a virus
Over many species habitats,
And when we are gone, because we refused to turn back
From climate change and nuclear war,
These concrete structures will be used no more,
They will not rot nor decay
But nature will hide them away,
Under swathes of its verdency
Under a vegetative display,
As if covering our embarrassment
As to hide our folly,
Rusting, cars, bikes and lorries,
Rotting and in decay,
In this time when man has gone away.