People are my lands
My oceans, my sands
Stretched out horizons
Suns ever-rising
Moons waning and waxing
Tiring and relaxing
Growing out of seeds
Chopped down like the weeds
Canopies of trees
The shade of the elders’ leaves.
Rows and rows of farms
Gathering in swarms
Scattered by the storms
Dried up by the heat
Looks so lifeless and empty
Grounds barren with desert
Diamonds formed from pressure
Deep in the jaws of stone
Millions of years of bones
Holding up the thrones
Continental drift
Diasporic gifts
Glaciers melting fast
Old ways now rehashed
The bush is still on fire
Ignited by the liars
The honest ones pull true
Like the tides and the moon
But earthquakes tear asunder
Hurricanes and tornadoes blow
Tsunamis crash and bring us under
The fury never seems to go
People are my lands
My oceans, my sands
My only habitat
A wilderness intact
How deep to go?
How far to traverse?
This Earth of soul
Just a corner of the universe
The only one I’ll ever know
Will I ever know these people,
These lands, these oceans, these sands?
My oceans, my sands
Stretched out horizons
Suns ever-rising
Moons waning and waxing
Tiring and relaxing
Growing out of seeds
Chopped down like the weeds
Canopies of trees
The shade of the elders’ leaves.
Rows and rows of farms
Gathering in swarms
Scattered by the storms
Dried up by the heat
Looks so lifeless and empty
Grounds barren with desert
Diamonds formed from pressure
Deep in the jaws of stone
Millions of years of bones
Holding up the thrones
Continental drift
Diasporic gifts
Glaciers melting fast
Old ways now rehashed
The bush is still on fire
Ignited by the liars
The honest ones pull true
Like the tides and the moon
But earthquakes tear asunder
Hurricanes and tornadoes blow
Tsunamis crash and bring us under
The fury never seems to go
People are my lands
My oceans, my sands
My only habitat
A wilderness intact
How deep to go?
How far to traverse?
This Earth of soul
Just a corner of the universe
The only one I’ll ever know
Will I ever know these people,
These lands, these oceans, these sands?
