Above the Clouds

I saw the invitation; it was beckoning down to me The finger in the clouds it was there and I could see A stairway to the clouds, opened up and I ascended I never gave a thought, to where I might have ended. I stood above the clouds looking down and surveying The troubles and the strife below, it was then I started praying. Look at it down there, I saw such beauteous creations Why oh why can we not just be all united nations? I was looking through the clouds looking down from above I begged to the see a sign of peace, a single white dove This world below, the genius … and beauty beyond compare Man in all his diversity, everything is there. Looking up into space the universe stretches out ‘Why are you not helping us?’ In my head I scream that shout Children dying, sickness wars, Oppressors and pollution Are you hoping we are clever enough to work out a solution Looking through the clouds, I see we have it all But the greediness of man is the one downfall Yes we are the smartest, so clever with much to gain The answer came from above the clouds, that man is just too vain. © 17/06/2013