http://208.225.205.249/ftp/endjourney.jpg The pains of birth pushed me to the sky My viens emptied and my skin fell deep The rain that carved eternal tears down my sides Mountains and valleys formed after years of uncertainty Now waters flow from sources unseen. Etching wrinkles over time Birds flying overhead keeping me company A halo of colors telling me everything is okay Dark clouds drift by giving life freely Millions of creatures take a sip Only if man were rain would they ever Get a glimpse of all I have to offer I was here before man knew how to speak I was here when they learned to write I was here when they walked right by I hold on as they try to destroy For years they came and went Taking for granted all I have to offer Never stopping to smell the heliconias Or observe the gilded swordtail It cost nothing for me to come to be It cost millions for man to destroy what I am I offered them food but they desired their own I offered them shelter but they desired their own Never content with what can be had for free Considering money the only thing of value The clouds are lifting and my halo is gone The bright sun shines over a cloudy condition I hear a loud noise and pain shoots through me A loud crash silences a thousand voices Never heard by those that silenced them A shout of victory over an ancient tree that resisted A thousand fires came and went A spark from the heavens to renew me This fire will not cease, burning day and night To destroy my trees that they may grow their own As a son stives to overpower his father Men build concrete fortresses to the sky Thinking themselves mightier than who created I shake and they build again in defience. Water flows through every pore Through mine water renews again and again Through theirs, pure water goes in, poison comes out They have defeated me, I cannot clean this mess I grow sick but they're too blind to see I am hungry but they're too busy to care They have salted my soil with their wretched ways They have poisoned my blood with their greed Now they are sick, the sky is not clean The water they drink cannot be cleansed The food they eat is contrary to nature They are never filled and desire more Soon I am naked but they still want more I have nothing more to offer so they look to the stars They see a red planet and seek to go there That planet is dead, at one time more dead than even I They have destroyed me and yet are under delussion That they can build another which has never been as I was I would have helped them long ago I would But the resources that would carry them are no longer Long ago man looked at wonder into heaven At the stars thinking they one day would travel They strived for years and hope nearly become reality But now they can never and their hope is dispair They die in a ceaspool of their greed The destruction they caused to me will now be their own As I rid myself of this human infection One day I will be reborn. But one day, they will not. ----------------------------------------------------------------- It's the second draft but still needs some work. Ben
