Dark gullies mined by rain
Flow on to weary plains
Beyond the ardent trill
That fabled currawongs distil.
There the lands divest their soil
Bereft of kindred trees
The highway stalks the very outcrops
That once grew native wild.
This sequestered world
Is worth the cost of night time flights
In the very pall of jettisoned fuel
When the crush of commerce strangles its beauty.
Environmental impact is bartered
On the cleft of probable demise
As the knowledge for hire
Elongates pitiful fact on the sweetest dollar gamble.
We destroy what we ache for
We homogenise the trail of destruction
Till all roads lead to hell.
The finite earth begs forgiveness
When only love contends.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/second-sydney-airport-may-threaten-blue-mountains-world-heritage-status-20150103-12haro.html
Gar Jones: May 2017
Flow on to weary plains
Beyond the ardent trill
That fabled currawongs distil.
There the lands divest their soil
Bereft of kindred trees
The highway stalks the very outcrops
That once grew native wild.
This sequestered world
Is worth the cost of night time flights
In the very pall of jettisoned fuel
When the crush of commerce strangles its beauty.
Environmental impact is bartered
On the cleft of probable demise
As the knowledge for hire
Elongates pitiful fact on the sweetest dollar gamble.
We destroy what we ache for
We homogenise the trail of destruction
Till all roads lead to hell.
The finite earth begs forgiveness
When only love contends.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/second-sydney-airport-may-threaten-blue-mountains-world-heritage-status-20150103-12haro.html
Gar Jones: May 2017