Everything is Bleeding

Majestic Redwoods
bleed shards onto the ground
leaving behind scarred stumps
a testimony to their wounds
Where forests once ruled
mud and slash and napalm
left behind as their only eulogy

A man's pride swells
as the latest giant smashes to the ground
its thunderous crash
the applause he will forever hear ringing in his ears
It's a conquest to him
his chainsaw victory over the defenseless victims
another trophy to decorate his imaginary wall

Trucks and trains
hearses in this funeral parade
Where Ancient Elders lay
stripped of their glory
bare for all to witness their shame

They line the highways
red walls of premature death
It seems we've forgotten
the meaning of respect

I walk among the ruins
the graveyards of all that's past
tears fall streaming down my face
my aching so deep
it threatens to overwhelm

A scream splits the grieving air
I realize it's my rage I hear
my rage against the men and machines
who caused this senseless slaughter
my rage that I can't ever have this forest back
these trees are lost to eternity

I fall to the ground
laying my head to my Mother's womb
begging Her forgiveness
for the death of her sleeping children
my aching so deep
it threatens to overwhelm