Insignificant Man

Deep in the jungle where the deep river laps And the tiger rich meal eaten naps Where the young one’s play at their mothers side And the deep verdant canopy reaches far and wide In a lush green meadow where the cattle stand Chewing their cud as they stroll the land Where the fields are divided into pattern and lines And rich purple grapes grow on trellised vines Down a country lane a maiden skips And a postcard in the mailbox slips While children round the sweet shop crowd Teasing in childish voices, playful and loud On a grassy hillside a shepherd bends While he gentle watches and his flock tends The thick grass gentle under his feet That becomes stiff and hard in the snow and sleet Deep the blue ocean, her ever changing tide While the foamy white surf on the billows ride While the sea her fury to the sky expresses Yet runs softly to shore and there gently caresses In the desolate dessert the hot sun blazes As the day passes through its many phases For far and wide do the sand dunes span In the distance a mirage of a solitary man Up on Mount Everest in the cold and snow Where stinging like a whip dies the freezing wind blow Where all around there is nothing but ice And the cost of a climb is life as the price In the city street the people rush Never a moment without a hush And tall the stone buildings blocking the light While toxic emissions pollute the night On this fair planet that circles the sun Where mountains rise and rivers run There is so much diversity in this small place It’s hard to imagine what’s out in space We are so insignificant, the human race!!!