Cause and Consequence

Cause and Consequence 

We live in a world of cause and consequence

The way things are going, it truly makes sense

The ground parting around the world

Showing us our choices weren't furled

Africa splitting into two

All because of our egoistic view

Because of the hatred expressed in the lands

Instead of holding each other’s hands

The mountains groan and the oceans rise

While man still trades in his selfish lies

He builds his towers, he draws his lines

Then acts surprised at the warning signs

The earth itself begins to shake

From all the blows that our egos make

For nature follows one perfect law

While man keeps tearing with tooth and claw

We were not made to live this way

Devouring night and cursing day

We were made to learn, to bend, to see

That love alone can set us free

For every fracture in the ground

Reflects a hatred we have found

And every storm and every flame

Whispers back man is to blame

Yet covered deep beneath the pain

There still remains a holy gain

For every crack that splits apart

Can wake the sleeping human heart

So let us stop before the fall

And hear creation’s aching call

Not with pride and not with demands

But by learning to hold each other’s hands