Oh hear me now dear world at odds… Bare witness individual ethnic mobs… Take my words both mythic and literal, your walls of Eden are hardly impenetrable Open up your heart my long lost friends, give peace and love a new way in…
She is speaking to us Warning us Advising us Comforting us Helping us We just have to listen We are all her children
She’s been telling us about the planet Warning what will come Showing us With storms Droughts Fires Extreme heat We just have to listen We must listen
She’s been crying for us For all the creatures that live here For the forests Plants She’s been begging us To change To stop To respect what’s here The planet The boundaries between us And them All we have to do is listen Then change our ways Mother knows best
If I can do with words what your lips do with kisses The pen will be a weapon the poem becomes your weakness So wean these words willingly the way I hold to your lips and savour the “ I Love You” and kiss me, like this