A Mother's Roar

You gave me a fright, I had no choice I had to fight, for my babies' voice Hiding in fear, they trembled with might I roared a mighty roar, to give you a fright Why did you not move? Why did you not flee? I'm only trying to protect, what you can't see The future of our kin, the generations to come You're destroying our home, and I'm left to succumb Who are you, with your concrete and steel? A force that destroys, without a gentle feel You march with purpose, without a care Leaving us to struggle, with no place to share My instincts screamed warning, to defend my own But your power is mighty, and my efforts are overthrown I ask you to see, from our perspective true The world we're losing, and the lives we're losing too