The Earth’s Sad Song

The ground does sing it’s song to me.

Most of the time her song is sad.

Does she sing her song to thee?

A song, pretty, but still a shade of what it used to be.

It used to sing so loud, so clear.

A beautiful song for all to hear, if they paused to listen.

Now it is sad, inspiring fear.

We can not fix that sound so distant.

Maybe if you chose to cease all the other things

Continuing on in your head, and finally pause to listen in.

You may find you can hear that sad song as it clings

To the few that will still care, not if it dies, but when.

So do you hear the earth’s sad song?

No? How sad. Has it stopped?