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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