THE CRUELEST SOUNDS

One of the cruelest sounds on Earth is the low, penetrating rumble of a bulldozer raping and bespoiling a piece of our once-beautiful planet, permanently destroying yet another ecosystem, yet another piece where nature will no longer be allowed to thrive.

There is a failure to acknowledge the life, from insects to plants, that has developed on the land we break up and claim for ourselves. Worse, the vibrations of the bulldozers are only the precursors of more destruction to come, for instead of being allowed to bloom with all of its life force and diversity, the land being torn apart is usually doomed to be suffocated in concrete and weed killers.

How does a child feel when it is forced to watch its parents be tortured, their bodies ripped apart? This is how I feel when I hear the mean, relentless noise of a bulldozer hurting yet another patch of our once-sacred earth. Such a sadness it brings...