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A silent voice can only endure what is wrong 16
A loud voice will get the attention of others
We must be the voice for a change in attitude
A tool for working on what will soon kill us.


The sky is beautiful, the air smells sweet 17
The moon, stars, and yes, the sun, amazing
Rustling leaves and grass, rippling brook
I want my children's children to enjoy them too.

If we close our eyes we will not see what's wrong 18
If we plug our ears, we won't hear agonizing screams
Squeeze our nostrils and we won't smell bad things
But.. it does not make the wrongs disappear.

Each human being is an island unto him/herself 19
We grow and live by communicating with others
To see what is happening in the world around us
We must step off our island and view the whole.

True reality is beyond the single man and woman 20
It is there just beyond the needs and wants of each
Reality can only be grasped by reaching out to it
Grab it, look closely, and act upon what you see.

A silent voice can only endure what is wrong 16
A loud voice will get the attention of others
We must be the voice for a change in attitude
A tool for working on what will soon kill us.


The sky is beautiful, the air smells sweet 17
The moon, stars, and yes, the sun, amazing
Rustling leaves and grass, rippling brook
I want my children's children to enjoy them too.

If we close our eyes we will not see what's wrong 18
If we plug our ears, we won't hear agonizing screams
Squeeze our nostrils and we won't smell bad things
But.. it does not make the wrongs disappear.

Each human being is an island unto him/herself 19
We grow and live by communicating with others
To see what is happening in the world around us
We must step off our island and view the whole.

True reality is beyond the single man and woman 20
It is there just beyond the needs and wants of each
Reality can only be grasped by reaching out to it
Grab it, look closely, and act upon what you see.

Most religions state somewhere 11
That we must also help ourselves
As well as have belief in our faith
If we choose to leave it all to god
We all lose.
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I want my children's children to wak here in peace 12
I want them to breathe deep, drink pure water
Enjoy the fruits of nature that is all around them
Is that too much to ask for all of us, god help us.
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People have a strange way of looking at things 13
They see the physical, but register a religious context
This way they can ignore the wrong around them
In favor of what they hope fror in the next life.
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Why do we think of our selves as big or great 14
What if in fact we are smaller than a flea
Compared to the planet on which we live
What if we are nothing but a beginning virus
On an unimaginably large being of sorts.
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Cry out loud for what is wrong with our world 15
There is a way to fix it but not by ourselves
It requires the attention of those in power
Be it food, water, air, land, all need work.
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