Eaten By the Earth

I tried to eat the world But it caused me stomach pains The bones of the lost are all that remains It was flavored with deceit With a coating of honey The rotisserie went round and round It was powered by money I drank from the rivers As they began to flood Fish no longer lived there The waters had turned to blood The grain from the fields Had long ago blown away The once fertile soil has turned to clay Fruit from the trees Lay rotting on the ground Fists on my chest I began to pound We once had a garden A paradise on earth With our greed we destroyed it We didn't understand it's worth So I take another bite Trying to get my share Empty promises With no nourishment there The world bites back Earthquakes our demise Hurricanes and fires The ocean waters rise Just like the dinosaurs We'll be extinct at last Sooner than later We will be part of the past My Friend Robert Neufeld made a comment "Eat the world" I liked it and asked if I could use it, this is the result.