William Blair Poet Rhyme

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

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