Water Is Life

free verse

Water Is Life



Cloudless white sky
Dry heat
No wind;
not even a breeze from the whisper of bird wings
flying onto branches of one lone tree
searching for shade relief

My ghostly pale heart stutters on dry words;
the sound is brittle to my ears
begging for peace in this nightmare,
holding on to the hem of protectors of truth,
and stomp with protesters against conspiracies,
all the while the insanity of war on humankind is hell,
led by ignorance and avarice

Democracy died in the dust
Humanity struggled to find kindred spirits
Evil invaded, but even they couldn't survive
on a destroyed planet with tidal waves
of sand dunes and tumbleweeds
Scorched by invasions born from their white-paranoia,
believing only the purity of it's own race should survive
Greed for power and mineral riches buried on anybody's land
Disrespect for our earthly home and all wildlife inhabitants

Ancients, prophets, and Indigenous cultures
connected to star-beings have taught us that Water is Life
Now where is there found a clear stream, a babbling brook,
rapid river, a shiny lake, a vast ocean reaching
to touch borders of the now barren lands;
pleading for green pastures that provide nourishment
and mountains of forests giving oxygen to breathe

One bird, one tree, only one of me in this dream poem
search for like-minded Empaths who stand together,
who inhabit one planet that is promised to be reborn
to a higher dimension; in righteousness,
meant to flourish with love, gratitude,
and kindness; absent of dark karma and scarring wars
Populated with all those who will experience
the New Earth; sacred, beautiful and bountiful

Prayers of thanksgiving,
found gathering in circles around the globe,
singing and dancing for the gift of rain
that fill our waterways and grow vegetation to sustain
all inhabitants on our new home

Clean air is precious, and Water is Life




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