We’ve bottled up the rain and sent it East Where it has swept away the treasures of a lifetime And howling winds have torn the roofs Off our houses and our souls
The furies march in endless waves Of lightning led by thunder Across the sacred middle lands That form the heart-beat of our being,
Ravishing the Eastern shores With hurricanes and floods While we here in the scorching West Watch all the green things wilt and die.
We got so little in return For sending all that water East: Parched and ravaged forest lands On Fire in endless places.
We need some of that rainfall here To cool the blazing desert sands. To even out the catastrophic Damage we have done to Gaea.
While little planes fall from the stormy skies And land on fields and homesteads, The houses all hide troves of weapons With angry trigger fingers waiting.
Our lungs burn in the Amazon; The leader won’t accept our help. It’s getting hard to catch a breath As we choke Inhaling flavored vapors.
There’s little hope, but still they come Across the muddy borders Seeking safety and prosperity That’s nothing but illusion
The weather Gods are furious At what we’ve done, and we’ve become Just twisted icons swirling in the flames Of hatred, greed and apathy.
Following a Judas Goat, we march Toward destruction of our planet Shouting slogans filled with lies And promises that all is well. ljm
Last night, at 98 degrees hot, we had the mother of all wind, thunder, lightning, and dust storms. And not a drop of rain to ease the pain. There's an old folk song called "What Have They Done To The Rain". Joan Baez sang it. In the song it never stopped raining .It's just the opposite here, sad to say.