When departs winters gloom

Unfolded are the nameless tombs

For seasons know no laws of reason

No concept of love or treason

When fury is set upon this earth

Tis sacred no human berth

Winds which scream and tear

Flinging lifelong treasures in the air

And pounding waves and surf

Ripping our homes from upon the turf

When the world we know is as shudder

We search the rubble for one another

Our tears of utter agony fail

Covered by the weeping wails

The time our planet here has seen

In its eyes were merely a gleam

For years numbering billions it has tossed and turned

And many lives has its engine burned

We speak of nature with beauty and power

Yet, someday our soul it will devour

Shall we stand upon this earth 100 years and count ourselves blessed

Shall our countries stand 10,000 years or less

Our history here to our limited vision seems long

To the earth we are but a note in a never ending song

Dave 11-3-2000