Promise

Promise A paradise earth is what you have promised Where all your creatures shall dwell in peace The deserts will bloom with food in abundance All are invited to join in the feast. No more will the skies drip down with acid The air around us hanging thick with smog The forests safe from those that would harm them Who greedily devoured them log after log. The sun will not rise through a haze of pollution To shine a dim light upon those on the earth But will shine in full splendour, giving life to the people Each day will become a glorious new birth. The seas and rivers will team forth new life The sky above filled with myriads of birds Dolphins will play as the sun sets behind them And the song of the whale’s will once more be heard. As each day ends and night closes in A billion stars will light up the sky As the moon reflects it’s cool glow on the ocean And the waves stroke the shore with a watery sigh. Life everlasting is what you shall give them. Or is it some dream that can never come true? No, but the dream is the nightmare we’re now in, But soon it will end for me and for you. A.Jarvis March 1995