Broken Tide

Back... and back again

I stepped into the night

and the universe

so I could see you

see your wounds

and your beauty

and all the life

teeming within you

I watched you

drifting in the void

not knowing just where

to go next

And I wondered why

you didn't just

choose to take

a different path

Perhaps you might

someday...

and then maybe

everyone will realize

They could have

done more

Could have reached out

to you sooner

But I saw you

I watched you

reaching that point

of no return

Come back planet

Come back gentle world

Before it's too late

Before nobody cares

Why do we fight you?

Why do we hate?

Why are we insistent

on turning you away?

I wait on the edge

of a broken tide

and call to those

who will hear your cry