Song for Dorothy
In the quiet of the night
A scribe takes up her pen to write
Seeking inspiration from on high
Beneath a dark and brooding sky
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What ails the world
Oh! World of mine
What on Earth has possessed your mind
To cause such harm to your own kind
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Reaping the blighted harvest-
Of bitter seeds sown
Sad soul forlorn- world war torn
In the lands where it was taught
Nought but love your fellow man
Is this the worlds end now at hand
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Clear waters ran through a fertile land
By the light of dawn we called it home
We shared a dream but now it’s gone
Sacrificed to false gods
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Hush now weeping willow
Hush now the whole wide world
All pride is humbled all anger spent
For I hurt my soul- I hurt my friend
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This dark night reveals the light
Of countless stars that jewel the heavens
I sit and gaze in silent awe
At love made sure so long ago
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Before my passion is spent
Before dream takes hold
I promise my soul always to know
This is not a lost cause
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Glossy society holds no comfort for me
These illusions of security
Endorsed by insincerity
With a head in the sand mentality
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No more the green and pleasant land
Slaughter awaits sacrificial lambs
Wild flowers mark-
Where they would roam
Amongst the meadows that were home
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Beset by troubled dreams
Bound by other’s schemes
Caught in the throng- herded along
Out of luck- out of time
At odds with the Grand Design
I fear what will become
Of a world where love has come undone
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And every time I look away
There’s a void inside as deep as space
A blue fleck lost in the Milky Way
Dumbed down with distraction-
To ease the pain
Drowning in the carbon rain
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I could label the Earth-
Turn it’s goodness to dross
Package it up and coat it with gloss
But when the scales tip and I sell it off
I know it is I who must pay the cost
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I could subjugate the whole wide world
Amass great stores of gold and pearls
But when the dust returns to dust
I would regret the love I’d lost
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Oh! Open my eyes so I might see
Loosen my tongue so I may speak
Of what it is that my soul seeks
Step by step lead me where
I understand and truly care
Let the truth be spoken
This endless night be broken
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If I look to the stars I fail to see
The inner light that is guiding me
From deep within to Eternal lands
Made by Soul’s loving hands
They are not so far away
Just a blink of the eye is what some say
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All on Earth should have free choice
To follow their own inner voice
All have the spark within
Together we make a mighty flame
That time and tide could never fade
Oh! Brave new world- world of mine
Now is your time to truly shine
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