Ghosts
Elegy for Earth
Grating voices, ghosts that cry.
Watch the innocent bleed and die.
A poor man's fight, a rich man's war.
Unending night, all life abhorred.
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Hatred feeds a growing lust.
The broken lay beneath the dust.
Behind the storm the sun drips red,
Black curtains fall to mourn the dead.
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Lightning flashes through the sky
And water falls from frozen eyes.
Harsh fingers of an icy pain
Stop the heart to kill the sane.
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The thorns rebelled, the roses sigh.
Silently the petals die.
Somewhere beyond the burning trust
All bridges severed, all bonds cut.
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Perfection of the overthrown,
The strength of man till now unknown.
From somewhere in the dark they scream,
A world of waste that stands unclean.
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