A New Earth

A new day is emerging
A new way of the world
and with the birth of something new
there is fear and suffering
Mother Earth is bearing the pain
of the destruction and apathy
that the disease brings
The only way to go forward
is for her to give birth
to a new age, a new earth
cleanse out the toxins
Breathe fresh new life
into the ocean, and onto the land
we can be the caregivers
the guardians of our future

Believe

Day by day
the distance grows longer
the memories fainter
whispering inside the fears

waiting for so long
hanging in the balance
grasping on to feathered hope
winter shows its hidden face

the storm breaking
waves making their way across
unseen below the clouds
a mystery awakening

It won't be long
til you reappear
at least it seems
maybe it will be never

The Return

After fifty years
they returned to their old home
they yearned for the wind in their hair
and the soil between their toes
but when they arrived
the land was bare
with deserts everywhere
nothing but desolation
parched and pale valleys
the air too hot to breathe
and so they left in haste
to return through space and time
to care for their new future
while learning from their past

Haiku

Circling round our skies
Made from ancient collisions
Her tides pull at me

Not real

are you real or are you a mystery?
an attempt to cause commotion
finding a need for connection
turning away to find what is real

fanning the flames of broken souls
selling your soul for rock and roll
everybody living in a fantasy
a disconnection from reality

Memories

Far away the summer blazed hills stand
While the frozen lakes sit idle
Waiting for their breath
The flight of fresh young wings

Forgetting what was once real
A betrayal of one who got lost
In the ways of disturbed visions
An invisible stain on the heart

A wish once sent to the moon
Only to spiral back to earth, to death
Black-cloaked in any season
Memories buried for simple reasons