One by One

One by One

We were one with everything, once before.

Woven in threads of earth and shore we were a

a single pulse and a silent heart beat,

the sky’s and the stones, the roots beneath our feet.

But then we dreamed of conquering all,

and claimed each piece as kingdoms do fall.

One by one, we took the land,

carved OUR rivers deep with a human hand.

We split the sea and we tore the sky and we

built towers tall and watched as we heard the mountains cry.

We’ve drifted far from what we knew,

the harmony we once held true.

In search of power, space, and more,

we lost the sense of what came before,

one by one, we claimed the night and

blinded stars with our eclectic electric light.

And now, though crowned, we feel the ache

for the unity we chose to break,

a memory lost, but echoing still—

What’s left? a whisper of the mountains, rivers, and hills.