The Sky Walk
Above the earth, I stand
Watching the world below expand
The wind, a gentle caress
In my moment of deep distress
The world is not what it appears
I haven’t seen, through all my years
The place I live, so very poor and dark
The people only a minor mark
But the destruction caused so large and vast
From many years that have passed
A forest, cut down and broken
In it’s place, a town has awoken
Soldiers, marching in a war
Becoming pain we all bore
A child, a scream of pain
Her crying a work in vain
A man, a gun
No time to run
And a bird, coughing and sputtering
Lets out its last breath as its wings stop fluttering
Each ghastly sight
I witness with fright
What has this world
Come to have unfurled
Among the clouds, I walk on
Thinking of the world, I feel withdrawn
But then the clouds move once more
This time different from before
A baby saying his first word
The voice ever so slurred
A flower blooming among dead grass
Astounding all that come pass
A girl and a boy, first kiss
Such bliss
A puppy jumping up and down
As people pet her from all around
And the couple who swear
To each other to never be unfair
My mind spins, then I smile
Wanting to watch the sights for a little while
No matter what cruel
There will always be fair
There will always be a fool
But for everything, do you care?
And so ends this little talk
And so I seize my sky walk
Watching the world below expand
The wind, a gentle caress
In my moment of deep distress
The world is not what it appears
I haven’t seen, through all my years
The place I live, so very poor and dark
The people only a minor mark
But the destruction caused so large and vast
From many years that have passed
A forest, cut down and broken
In it’s place, a town has awoken
Soldiers, marching in a war
Becoming pain we all bore
A child, a scream of pain
Her crying a work in vain
A man, a gun
No time to run
And a bird, coughing and sputtering
Lets out its last breath as its wings stop fluttering
Each ghastly sight
I witness with fright
What has this world
Come to have unfurled
Among the clouds, I walk on
Thinking of the world, I feel withdrawn
But then the clouds move once more
This time different from before
A baby saying his first word
The voice ever so slurred
A flower blooming among dead grass
Astounding all that come pass
A girl and a boy, first kiss
Such bliss
A puppy jumping up and down
As people pet her from all around
And the couple who swear
To each other to never be unfair
My mind spins, then I smile
Wanting to watch the sights for a little while
No matter what cruel
There will always be fair
There will always be a fool
But for everything, do you care?
And so ends this little talk
And so I seize my sky walk