Poetry in Motion

Bless this planet where we were born,
And where we live from dusk till dawn,
Bless the poisoned food we eat,
And bless the murders in the street,
Bless the creatures–forced to run,
And the poacher hunting with his gun,
Bless the dried up river beds,
And all the fish that lie there dead,
Bless the trees that are not there,
And bless the musty, smoky air,
Bless night and day and empty skies,
And the grounds where wilted flowers lie,
Bless the hungry, sick, and poor,
And bless the love that is no more,
Bless the greedy–proud and strong,
And all the people treated wrong,
Bless the shadows and the fears,
And bless the lives so full of tears,
Bless the bitterness of wars,
And the unfair and immoral laws,
Bless the rays from the expanding sun,
And all the harm that has been done,
Bless our lives–now null and void,
And bless the world that we’ve destroyed

©regencyebony 2010

An atmosphere of broken tears,
A world of lonely graves,
Our hopes and dreams are full of fears
that sink beneath the waves

No place to run, no place to hide,
Our deaths come one by one,
Our sins float in upon the tide,
We’re poisoned by the sun

The mountains are no longer high,
The valleys seem so tall,
The Earth spins ’round above the sky–
A weeping, seeping ball

Lost among the roses red,
Found among the shells,
The silent ringing in my head–
The constant sound of bells

The cliff, the fall is coming near,
The danger lies ahead–
A future for us all to fear,
A present clearly dead

Our lives are lost, we must be brave,
And now we all must mourn,
For the Earth is in its rotting grave–
Long loved, long lost, long gone

©regencyebony 2010