PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
by Anon
Past
Sweet Earth, Love's breath you share with us
Resplendant in your beauty, our green and pleasant land.
The past is wound between your lanes, soft whispers on the breeze,
Of Noblemen and lowly folk,…. all equal now,.. are these.
The souls and lives, long passed o'er our soil
All have left their mark,… we cherish today
The Monuments and humble homes to ancient woodland walk
Testament,…to how man cared
In ages slipped away…
Senior citizens walk hand in hand, thro' childhood dreams….
In meadows, fields……to knarled old trees……to kindle memories…
Of love's first blossom,….. the flower picked…. a token gift….
To seal their love, this special place, their home…forever to be..
Bright Hawk,…..takes flight, to find a home, a safety zone… secreted in the trees
Skylark, speck in cloudless sky…beauty reigns, bestowed on all, love's gifts are all of these
The lives we have, and all we are, and where we'll ever stand
Creations of times masterpiece,… impressions in the sand.
Present
Spring days, old ways, the seasons turn, bursts forth with life anew
How many more? I ask, will be this way?
Blackbirds surprise…startled cries..and a feeling..
that touches, me………and you.
For now..with heart so heavy…I raise my eyes…..
And in the light……..cobweb strands….their mark of progress…
Spun across our skies
Old glass, shaken loose from ancient lead, vibrates it's last, distorted view
Sadly falls..
Breaks on the ground…
No more to share….. life's light with you
Great monsters, gouge and tear at the earth
Beguiling black trails glisten in their wake…
Bright Hawk, confused, inspects his land….
New monster…high speed…Takes Hawk………
And this is all…..for progress sake?
I'll miss you Hawk….
We stand today, face to face with our monster, dutifully carrying…
it's parliament, firmly implanted, on it's back
Ambiguous in it's handouts, to the needy in our midst
Apparently our lives,…. and homes…. are under attack!
It's OK,.. forum tells us, our fears to allay…
The destruction of our lives..
Will be implemented…we can be assured…
In just the right way………
Future
Oh Monster…stood before me,…you can have it from my heart…..
Your ignominious acts…disgust me….Flaunting your part….
On the media stage
You buy your page
To declare how you have won….
The things you will kill
You omit, of course..
No chance to be undone..
Tomorrow beckons….I search for hope….and all that I have found..
Just Global warming….Poisonous air….Gratuitously, handed down
Take stock great monster, of the uncertainty…there's much that you don't know
It hides in sun baked deserts……. In the heart, of driving snow
And if I thought, you had the heart, the mind, the soul, to hear…..
These words I have to say………..
Your edifice… highland wizard and all
Will crumble to dust…..
And of this…be sure….
Love's breath will blow you,….. will blow you clean away.
In Memory of Hawk…
A stones throw away, another day, a story….. not so tall….
Goliath sneered and tossed his head…. Look……… David is so small!
But you and I, and David knew…… Goliath was to fall!
