I Heard The World Crying

I heard the world crying As though she was dying, And then came the rain As though sympathy to her pain, She was being polluted And her body was being looted, Myself and a million more sighed; She just cried. I heard the world moan But, she was not alone, I and a million more didn't like how she was treated She was used, and abused, and cheated, She gave us all a home to live But, we took, we destroyed and we didn't give, Promises to help her were broken and unkept; She just wept. I heard the world grieve Maybe from what she couldn't believe, Pollution it was now everywhere And seemingly to her, no one did care, They dug inside of her for coal and oil They polluted her waters and the air and the soil, And when man's protection for her failed; She again wailed. I heard the world howl Then I heard her growl, With her mighty winds and storms From all of nature's platforms, But, we won't care and we won't listen Then will come an instant frisson, We will ignore, and then us the world will deny; She will die Randy L. McClave