Crying For Time

trees in mourning bending to the will of the howling wind 
the sadness of the weeping shores is overwhelmed 
by the emotional waves forced by the raging sea within 

the light is stolen by the clouds that conceal the curvature of the firmament above 
mother earth is pale and wailing over the fever that men have bestowed upon father 
time 

symbolic as a pair of doves 
could only convey divine
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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March 4, 2011 at 7:24 AM
Mother Earth's suffering now, John. I think she is rebelling against man's actions through earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. You describe the devastating powers of nature very well! Love, Carolyn
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