To Gaia (A Song)
©July 31st 2018
By Vijaya Sundaram
You turn and you turn
And you turn and you turn
And you burn, and you burn
And you burn, and you burn
And we’ll never learn,
Never learn, never learn,
How much you gave us.
And you spin, and you spin,
And you spin, and you spin,
The light grows dim
As we try to swim
While the air gets thin
It goes out, not in,
We cannot save us.
Breathe, breathe, breathe
Breathe, breathe, breathe
Find your way into a tree
Dig your feet into the dirt
And eat the sun for lunch.
Eat the sun for lunch.
Or fly, fly, fly, fly
Fly away, fly away
Aim like an arrow
Right into the sky
Become a particle
Or a wave.