Song of the Zephyr

There's a story here
A history in the air
The Wind has seen much

It's a ghosts' town now
A place of chill foreboding
For ghosts of the Past

The birds fly away
But their songs still remain here
Portraits of what was

This place is sacred
Spirits brought in on the breeze
Haunted and hallowed

There's a story here
A history in the air
The Wind has seen much

The Fall

Mariah heard a clap of thunder in the distance, and the storm raged on, shedding torrents of rain on the forest. Mariah was mesmerized by the sight of the giant tree in front of her, when suddenly it stumbled. Mariah jumped back just as the gargantuan oak came tumbling down with an thunderous boom. The ground felt as if it were rolling beneath her. And at that moment there was absolutely nothing: no relentless storm, no whistle of wind, no flash of lightning, nothing, just nothing. In the blink of an eye, the tree had collapsed. It just lay in front of her, staring right back. She didn't understand it. It was standing, and then it wasn't-- just too simple. There had to be more to it than that, but there wasn't. There was no battle, no struggle, no clash between the two forces of nature. The tree gave in, just like that. Towering above her, intimidating to the core, so grand and dignified, and it didn't even give up a fight. And it just lay there, shamed, banished from the skies, forever grounded.

This World

Come, let me take you away to a place

With trees so green, someone must have painted them wrong

With skies so vast, they could hug the entire universe

Come, let me take you to this place

Where nightmares are but fantasies, and myths are our realities

Where birds sing such cheerful tunes, to sway the trees to dance

Come, let me bring you here to this marvelous place

Where just existing is the greatest gift of all

Feel free to bask in this honey-suckle scented dream

Come, let me sweep you off your young, inexperienced feet to a place

Where the stars gaze upon enviously, wishing they could be

Part of this sweet world of perfect harmony

Come, let me carry you across the threads of the creation to this place

This peaceful meadow of still serenity

This valley of peaceful lucky thing

Come, let me take you away to a place

Where all is verdant, fertile, green

Vivacious, warm, welcoming

Come; let me take you to this place

A place beyond your dreams, filled with glee and mirth

Were the trees do touch the sky, and the sky does hug the Earth

Come, let’s dance across the cosmos

To a place not far from here

A place so close you always know that you are somewhere near

Come, let’s swim across great oceans of blue

Flying, swimming, twirling, skipping

We can soar across the horizon

Come, let me take you to this place,

A place I love like oxygen; a place that does enthrall

A place I call my home, sweet Earth, my everything and all