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
