The Streams and Lakes Have Ebbed Away

The winds are angry It does not rain no more The soils are drying Thirsty for a drop Streams don’t make it to the lakes Streambeds reduced to dry dusty trenches They lose their names as they lose their tide We once plunge ourselves into them Now we walk across without a splash Lakes have turned into mud ponds As the earth sucks the little water it receives They say it’s warmer than it needs to be Some say we’ve cut the trees and exposed the sand So much of life is taken away As streams and lakes ebb away