Visitors Weeping

Visitors Weeping We looked in the oceans they were glassy clear we could see no shadows no waves no life there We looked high above towards a grey lead sadness we could hear no sounds only cold quiet emptiness We searched in the forests examined the dead trees looked under ground nothing there nothing left to see We looked in the rivers under gravel and stone before leaving your ghosts we headed towards our home And as your world receded we wept all at once as we steered our golden craft towards a trillion shining suns