Years ago when we were younger

And we were looking round

To find the perfect home

The present one we found.

 

We knew it was expensive

But were told one thing was true

The house was on a green belt

We would always have this view.

 

Being one who loves all nature

Wherever it may be

This house was what we wanted

Ideal for my wife and me.

 

In summer I look from my window

I can see the barley grow

Or in the depths of winter

See fox paw prints in the snow.

 

I have listened to the skylark

As it rises in the sky

Watched a myriad of starlings

Forming patterns up on high

 

Watched lapwing swoop and dive

To protect their young or nest

In autumn watched the falling leaves

As the trees prepare to rest.

 

But now we are in turmoil

Never thought we would see this day

The town ignores the green belt

Wants to take it all away.
 

To build a giant warehouse

We neither want nor need

The community have pleaded

The council failed to heed.

 

To make a better place

This is not the solution

To fill this neighbourhood

With noise and light pollution.

 

If we need a warehouse

If this plan is right

Don’t take it away our green belt

Put it on a brown field site

 

But will this council listen?

Why take all this away

As our houses drop in value

We are the ones who pay.