Mother Earth

Mother Earth Mother Earth woke to find Her light had hit the ground She held her dyeing ember Until it's love faded out Which left just a shadow She held so tenderly That the sorrow of her loss Became a melody So she sang as she cried For her love that went away Sought herself a box For what was left to make it's lay Upon a walk in the wilds She came upon a tree Barren, all but branches With a Leper underneath He said "Mother Earth I know you, I've heard your melody Out back beyond the mountain I have what you seek. But see dear I'm weak By my legs I am betrayed Say carry me along And your shadow love we shall lay away." So reaching down like mother His sickness she did bring And together onward journeyed Towards her own oblivion Upon a path so well trodden Once lay white beneath the sun Fell fathomed into darkness Until life and death were one There upon a great stone Lain for many years Under autumns golden slumber Of life's seasoned fallen tears The prize of her passion For a son lost in haze Just a needle away from star shine And a shadow from the grave