The World I Once Knew

The World That I Once Knew I watch from distant shores The World that I once knew Changed, disrupted, breaking, And lost in deadly shadows, The World that I once knew. Motionless, The World that I once knew, Drifting aimless in a sea of fear, No tether do I want To the World that I once knew. Breath slows, eyes dim, She is out of reach The World that I once knew, I question what I want from her, Our lives as they once were? For as I glance around me At what we had created, I see things as they really are, Turned to our delight, The World just as we wanted. Then just as I believed That we had killed her heart With burning things, and too much power She returned to her delight, The World I wished I knew. I watch from on the shore The World that I now know, Breath of life in her creations, Songs of birds, breeze through leaves, The running of the river. Now I know what I must do For the World that she created, For us, to breath, to live, to love, Not take and try to break her, My life I give, a watcher, a care taker, For the World that I now know.