Written by Anais Joubert
Tell me what it’s like to wake up at the dawn of the day
And have the ability to fly away
Tell me what it’s like to live
With bright burning stars
And calm sweet clouds
When you look at our world from above
Do you see a quilt
Marked with green
Blessed by blue
Scarred by grey
And stained by blood
Do you know the world’s dreams, hopes, and fears
Do you watch what happens to them when they float away
Do you know what happens to balloons in outer space?
Do you love us
Do you despise us
Or do you not care either way?
Is every sunrise a different wonder
Does every sky have a different thunder
Is every evening finished differently?
Tell what it’s like to watch every color of the Earth
Dance and spin before your wings
And to be free, oh, so free
And politics
What do you think of those?
Do you watch us spill blood for oil?
Choke the Earth for our own needs
Spread smog like a foundation
To cracked skin
Steal breath, from the breeze
Kill our own
And kill yours
Kill our sons
Your elders
Our parents
And your children
Do you feel the grief
As she watches her children burn her, choke her, break her
Do you see her heart bleed?
You are the birds
You see everything
Don’t you worry?
That time is running out? Before she breaks completely?
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