RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CLIMATE CHANGE
The
Tree that Held Up the Sky
They
plunged through the world
Like
three fools who did not care
Let
it fly! they told
each other
Let
it break and tear!
They
lit a fire beneath a big broad oak
Just
to see if it would burn
They
fed the flames
That
fueled the fire
(no,
they did not learn)
They
watched the flames grow higher
They
laughed til they grew tired
They
never thought
They
never cared
They
never questioned why
This
was the very oak
That
held up all the sky
They
did not make connections
When
the sky began to fall
They
searched for someone different
On
whom to blame it all
That
one is dark and that one weird!
On
this they all agreed
It
was what they always feared
The
others did the nasty deed
We
cannot tell a lie!
They
threw stones and made it bleed
Til
it cracked the fragile sky!
A
man came forth with weary eyes
And
cast them on the three
You
dare to speak of lies?
When
it was you who burned the tree
That
held up all the sky!
The
fools looked at each other
And
released a mighty sigh
You
know us friends and brothers!
Even
if we tried
We
could not burn the tree
That
holds up all the sky!
Of
course it did not matter
For
the sky came crashing down
And
their foolish fate was sealed
When
they hid on open ground
