the look
of love in your eyes
the look
of love in your eyes
looking
out over the land,
watching
the heat lightening of summer
light
up the night sky, streaks slicing through darkness,
shows
you have true connection to her, love her deeply.
often
you are staring
off into the surrounding canyons,
or feeling
the heat rise from the desert sands,
knowing
everything around you is sacred,
holding
deep meaning and so much a part of your life.
then
you look around
at the
destruction of this land
caused
by those who know not its true value
but
who are governed by the green they see
as they
rip apart Mother Earth,
casting
caution to the winds, not thinking
how
this affects others, how this affects you.
and
sadly you watch as She screams out in pain.
when
will they learn this is not the way?
other
places the building continues, the land disappears,
nothing
but a concrete jungle covering the space
that
was once so open and so free,
filled
with beauty unlike that seen anywhere else,
but
they don't think; they don't seem to care.
flash
that green in front of their eyes,
and
nothing is the same, ever will be again.
stealthily
it moves closer to the mountains,
eating
all in its wake by those driven by the dollar.
the land cries out in pain as She
is ripped apart,
the blasts tearing at Mother Earth's
liver,
and tears fill your eyes watching
this destruction,
knowing it cannot continue, not
if we are to survive.
you watch these others and those
holding ordinances
telling some to reduce their livestock
herds,
saying they are breaking the law,
but whose law,
that prefabricated to line the
pockets of a few in green?
it is them who you watch out for,
constant vigilance.
it is the simple, the innocent who
will win.
too many stand at their sides,
saying this cannot happen,
that it's time to return to that
time when all is respected.
there are some who are not who
they purport themselves to be,
though not a common fairy tale.
there will be no relocation,
no, that would cause the unacceptable,
cultural genocide,
an unconscionable crime that continues today, but will be stopped.
you know all this is so, and you
smile with the knowledge.
the right time is coming.
things will be as they were before.
yes, things will return as Creator
meant them to be.
