Sunday, April 22, 2018

I post this every Earth Day....composed in 2004

There's a soul in the life of the land where we live
IT'S CLEAR
IT’S CLEAN
IT’S FRESH
AND IT’S OURS
IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM
IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE
JUST
DO WE LOVE
WHERE WE STAND
AT THIS TIME
WE CAN DRINK ALL THE WATER
AND MINE ALL THE COAL
BUT WHEN WE MIX THE TWO TOGETHER
IT TROUBLES HER SOUL
WE CAN TEST ALL THE BOMBS
AND DESTROY EVERY LAST TREE
AND THE ONLY THING IT REALLY DOES
IS ELIMINATE YOU AND ME

THE HARM THAT WE BRING
DOESN’T BOTHER THE LAND
WE ONLY HURT OURSELVES
BY FAILING TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE
IT’S CLEAR
IT’S CLEAN
IT’S FRESH
AND IT’S OURS
IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM
IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE
JUST
DO WE LOVE
WHERE WE STAND
AT THIS TIME


WE ARE GIVEN ALL THE TREASURES
THAT ANYONE COULD USE
BUT IF WE DON’T HAVE VISION
THEN ALL WE DO IS LOSE

WE DUMP OUR PROBLEMS
IN EVERY OCEAN, RIVER AND STREAM
WE LIVE BY A CODE OF COMSUMPTION
THAT DARKENS EVERY DREAM
WE THINK THAT OIL IS OUR GOLD
BECAUSE IT MOVES MACHINES AND MAN
AND ALL IT REALLY DOES
IS REMOVE THE SPRINGS OF LAND
WE NEED THAT SPECIAL CRUDE
BECAUSE WE’VE IGNORED OTHER WAYS
AND ALL WE’VE ENDED UP WITH
IS COUGHING THROUGH A HAZE

OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN
WILL REALLY PAY THE PRICE
AND JUST THAT THOUGHT ALONE
DOESN’T MAKE US VERY NICE


AND WHEN THE DUST HAS FINALLY SETTLED
AND ALL THE BILLS HAVE BEEN PAID
IT IS ONLY THE SIMPLE FACT
THAT’S THERE’S ONE MISTAKE WE’VE MADE


WE THOUGHT WE CONTROLLED THE EARTH
BY DOMINATING THE LAND
AND IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO ONE THING
THAT WE JUST DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE
IT’S CLEAR
IT’S CLEAN
IT’S FRESH
AND IT’S OURS
IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE COME FROM
IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE
JUST
DO WE LOVE

WHERE WE STAND
AT THIS TIME


Have a nice Earth Day

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