the only things alive
a toddler laughing chasing crabs
with a flashlight beam, we run
along the crashing whitenoise surf
that pounds my mind into a song
baby, let's take a walk
down to the moonlit sea
we don't even have to talk
let's just see what we can see
the stars are so deep tonight
is there life in outer space
or are we the only things alive
just trying to survive
drink at the sea, live in a hole
I'll use my claws if I have to
fight the bigger creatures so
I can eat the little creatures if I want to
the sea is in everything
the sea and the sun
the sun feeds the cycle
the sun feeds the plants
the plants feed the animals
the plants in the earth
the earth is an organism
the earth lives but how
but how will this world survive
and are we
the only things alive?
I can see the dolphins swim
the undertow pulls my heart
reaching out into that space
we are so far apart
©1990 Andy Wyatt
music and lyrics written 24, 26, 29 June 1990
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