YOU SLEEP UNDER THE BLUE SKY
Here you are asleep under the starry sky
Hoping that all will pass you by
The sounds of the night
That has given you much fright
Your howling brethren
There in the distance
They’ve found a place
Where you cannot trace
Yours ears are pricked
Alert to all around
From dusk to dawn
And then you yawn
But will never sleep till dawn
Then you are really awake
Never taking a break
Your alertness alert
Afraid of the hurt
The hurt of mankind
And all of his kind
The savagery
With all their cavalry
Their cavalry of guns
That they seem to think are second to none
Oh what have we done?
You were here before us
Your land
Your land
Your land
Why can we not go hand in hand?
Across the vast wide lands
And live under the same sky?
Way up there so high
Not live this life so low
That it shows
© Teresa Joseph Franklin
3rd November 2014
All Rights Reserved
Image courtesy of
Rev’d Cleminson
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