Community pride

Gateway's through our National Treasure.Mountains with trails, and river's of pleasure,Miles of out doors fun available for leisure.I just wish every one would respect it to a measure. Our Highway were once paved with promise,Knowing the responsibility belonging to all of us. But now they lay lined with man's Trash,While all of us keep driving right on past. We want there to be something done,As long as we ultimately are not the one. So I guess we shouldn't expect it to change,We all must be happy, as the garbage remains. Now flick your Butt, and toss that Can,Lets just leave the mess for another man. We teach our kids, it's what they see.It's every one else's job, anyone but me.While pawning away such responsibility,And yet wondering how they will turn out to be. Implying that the rules do not apply to them,If your not part of the solution, you are the problem. What will it take to teach it all starts with us,We must choose to jump off the unconscious Bus. For people to change, we have to own it ourselves.Lets all choose to begin by pledging to one's self. There is a billion's example we could at least try,And one of the easiest is what we drive on by. So lets take the time to pick up some trash,No longer able to justify what we all drive past. Demonstrate our basic values to our kids,Show we are not happy with the way it is. Can we all muster a little community pride?And no longer give Dirty Litter'ers a free ride. 

  Julie 4/16/2009 I was driving home yesterday and it appears that someone dumped their garbage literally the whole nine miles to my home. Tossing a can or bottle or bag out every couple of seconds. I find it quite disgusting to realize that this was most likely caused mostly by just one person. And now we all get the view of the garbage instead of finding peace in the Drive and enjoying the Scenic Byway I live on. I just wish it was something I could clean up myself, but 9 miles both ways. Come now that just ridiculous. It would take me forever. And I bet the trash bandit will strike again, he has done it before, just not this bad or covering such a large area. I am sure I will spend a lot of time doing it still, but I won't be able to do it all. I wish people could take more pride in our roads.