Mother Earth

Mother Earth woke to find
Her light had hit the ground
She held her dying ember
Until it's love faded out
Which left just a shadow
She held so tenderly
That the sorrow of her loss
Became a melody

So she sang as she cried
For her love that went away
Sought herself a box
For what was left to make it's lay
Upon a walk in the wilds
She came upon a tree
Barren, all but branches
With a leper underneath

He said "Mother Earth I know you,
I've heard your melody
Out back beyond the mountain
I have what you seek.
But see dear I'm weak
By my legs I am betrayed
Say carry me along
And your shadow love
We shall lay away."

So reaching down like mother
His sickness she did bring
And together onward journeyed
Toward her own oblivion
Upon a path so well trodden
Once lay white beneath the sun
Fell fathomed into darkness
Until life and death were one

Then found upon a great stone
Lain for many years
Under autumns’ golden slumber
Of life's seasoned fallen tears
The prize for her passion
For a son lost in haze
Just a needle away from star shine
A shadow from the grave