LISTENING
LISTENING
SLEEPING THE
NUMBNESS AWAY
DREAMING
OF ALL THE THINGS
HERE ON OUR
MOTHER EARTH
LOOKING UP
TO THE SKY
WATCHING
A TINY RAINDROP
FORM
FALLING
DOWN FROM
THE HEAVENS
GAINING IN
SIZE AS
IT FALLS
GIANT WHEN IT
HITS THE OCEAN
TEARS FORM
FROM MY
BLUE GREY EYES
AS I SENSE
ITS ALL
FALLING
I WAKE UP
LOOK OUT MY
WINDOW
IN THE NIGHT
SKY IS VENUS
SHINING BRIGHTLY
AGAINST
THE BLANKET
OF DARK
INSIDE I AM
SCREAMING
WHY ARE
WE DESTROYING
OURSELVES
KNOWING
WHAT IS DONE
HAS BEEN
ATROCITIES
THAT CAN’T BE
UNDONE EASILY
FORCING
THE EMOTIONS
FROM DEEP
WITHIN
TO SURFACE
SADNESS
WASHES OVER
ME
WILL IT EVER
END
AND PEACE
BE GAINED
BEFORE
OUR EARTH
I LOVE SO MUCH
IS TURNED
LIKE US
ASHES TO ASHES
DUST TO DUST
RUSTED TRUST
LOST
FROM A SIMPLE
LITTLE OLE ME
TO THE
WORLD
IS IT TOO LATE
DOES
HATE NOW
RULE
AND WAR
ALL THERE
IS
DOES LOVE
GET TO COME
BACK
AROUND
OR WAS IT
A ILLUSION
LIKE ALL
THE WOLVES
IN HIDING
RUSHING OVER
I DRIFT
BACK OUT
INTO
THE WATER
FLOATING
OUT AWAY
SO FAR
FAR AWAY
LISTENING
TO THE SOUNDS
AROUND ME
AND WONDERING
SO WONDERING
BOUND
TO THE CRIES
AND TEARS
IN SORROW
THAT KEEPS
BRINGING
THIS HUMAN
TO HER KNEES
OVER THE
FACES
LONG GONE
AS WE
TRY TO
GO ON WITH
LIFE AND
NOT ALLOWED
NEVER THE
SAME
THERE ARE
NO RIGHTS
NO WRONGS
NO GOOD
NO EVIL
JUST
DEATH
WAITING
LINGERING
CALLING OUT
WHO IS NEXT
IT BREAKS
MY HEART
EACH AND EVERY
MOMENT
FOR I LOVE
THE EARTH
AND
HUMANITY
COEXIST
DOESN’T
SEEM TO
BE ABLE
TO WIN OUT
RIGHT NOW
HOW BAD
DOES IT HAVE
TO GET BEFORE
HUMANITY
IS NO MORE
IS THAT
WHAT IT TAKES
THERE IS
SO MUCH
BEAUTY
AND WONDERFUL
PARTS OF
US
AND SUCH
DARK AND
HORROR
CAN’T WE
FIND SOME
BALANCE
BEFORE
THE TRUMPETS BLOW
I NOW
TREASURE
EACH BREATH
I LIVE
WITH EVERYONE
AROUND ME
CHERISH
THE MOMENTS
THAT STILL
BRING A SMILE
YET IT
ALWAYS SEEMS
TO BE
ERASED
BY THINGS
SEEN IN THE
NEWS
DRIVING ME
INSANE
SO TO KEEP
SANE
I WASH IT AWAY
TRY NOT TO
LINGER ON IT
EVEN IF ITS
JUST EMPTY
HOPE
ITS ALL I HAVE
TO SAY
WE WILL
SOMEDAY
SURVIVE
AND
BE OK
WITH RESTORED
PEACE
UNIFIED
NOT DIVIDED
YET DON’T
THINK IT WILL
COME IN
MY LIFETIME
SADNESS
CARRIES
ON MY SOUL
A WEIGHT
THAT EVEN
IF I HAD WINGS
THEY
WOULD
SO BE SHAKING
TOO
LOVE COME
BACK AROUND
FIND AWAY
TO MY
HEART
TO SHED THIS
UPENDED
POINT OF VIEW
FOR A LITTLE
WHILE
SAFE AND
SOUND
IN THE ARMS
OF ANOTHER
GIVE ME
STRENGTH
TO HAVE
COURAGE
TO FACE
ALL MY
UNSEEN
HEARD
CRIES
FROM THE
HEAVENS
TO
MY ETERNAL
MOTHER’S
SCREAMS
SO AT LEAST
I DON’T
FEEL SO ALONE
AND
LOST IN
IT ALL.
