Outside My Window

Outside my window
sunbeams flatter
a ribbon of heather
where butterflies gather

Outside my window the silent
cries of starry eyed children
peering into good-byes

Outside my window
rapping at my door
a noisy woodpecker
at his smörgåsbord

Outside my window
by the roadside the
homeless are sleeping
with motionless cries

Outside my window
the wisest of men
stare trembling at the future
where they're children will den

Outside my window
are mountains and streams
and brazen sunsets
and people with dreams

Outside my window
together in view
are all of God's children
with rivalry imbued

Outside my window
new life has begun
blue and pink ribbons
for a daughter and or a son

Outside my window
feared legends do tell
entombed ill stories
driven like hell
of a man and his greed
right down to this day
shall forever be uttered
the old song of mans way