Eaten By the World

Eaten By The World 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 sweet honey The rotisserie went round and round it was powered by big money I drank from the rivers as they began to flood Fish no longer lived there the waters turned to blood The grain from the fields had long ago blown away The once fertile soil had turned to dust and clay Fruit from all the trees lay rotting on the ground Fists upon my chest I began to pound We once had a garden a paradise on earth With greed we all destroyed it we didn’t understand it's worth So I took another bite trying to get my share empty tasteless promises with no nourishment there I watched the World bite back Earthquakes our demise Hurricanes and fires As ocean waters rise People seemed surprised The changes came so fast Sooner rather than later We became part of the past A planet without humans Skies now crystal blue The world she survived By eating me and you