Need Or Greed...... Poem by Veena vee

I stood by the riverside,
looking at the sky,
when down swooped a swallow,
in depression deep eyed.

I asked him what the matter was,
he simply denied reply,
I tried yet another time,
but he would never on m rely.

Then came a fishy fish,
just to look around,
and gave a squeak of disappointment
just before he could no longer be found.

I stood there aghast,
at the happenings before me,
not knowing the reason
for I was too blind to see.

Then perched the wise owl,
on the dried and wrung branch,
just to give an insight.
into man's callousness attitude
towards the ranches and the branches.

It was a late realisation,
but something to feelashamed of
as we have traded their homes and built our own,
have broken their worlds to enjoy our own.

It left me wondering
how lovely it would be
if we could just settle issues and
let nature be.

It has the best to offer
to all of man's needs
but it is we who make it suffer
to fill up our greeds....