The Shepherd

Beyond the beyond

I believe I have seen

That existence itself

Is a dream in a stream

Drifting to shores

Of what does it all mean

Are we nothing but sand

In a recurrent theme

Could we be everything

But still be so blind

Universal potential

To limit the mind

To what this is now

As less than divine

Such beautiful creatures

Of Nature's design

The peak of the climb

To be free of this chain

To desire for not

But this infinite brain

This hunger for wisdom

Is all we need gain

We can bask in the sun

Of reptilian pain

Let it flow through each vein

As the warming ignites

A meltdown of global

And personal blights

To sharing this land

To end civil plights

And still save the world

From its dying last rites

In the narrowest sites

Of the hunters of gold

Armed to the teeth

With the things that they hold

In small heads and hands

In hearts of sheer cold

They see Mother Earth

As a whore to be sold

It's polluting my soul

To a coal ash despair

But I'm only one man

Why the fuck should I care?

Because I can choose

To just live on a prayer

Or become the answer

That takes us all there