Take Control

Way way up in the Anthropocene The trees burst into a stained glass green Beyond all Gods, beyond all else We search for what's missing inside ourselves As all of our possessions take control Of the aching empty space inside our soul I climb high up through the canopy To the soaring, roaring life, its intensity

It is companion, teacher, cathedral, priest It is everything that I need Something unlearned in the human rush Still has a place in the core of us There is hatred, there is pain, there is bigotry There are those who try to steal human dignity The strength to love or the path to war Which one of these will you be fighting for?

The more they have, the more they take The first and final great mistake To the ends of the Earth and back again The human race leaves a human stain We must shake off our complacency Live life that's filled with urgency To beauty, to the wonder of it all Don't bow your head, don't break, don't fall