Because our values increasingly have been placed in that which produces human benefit, we have neglected to value and therefore care for nature in and of itself.
For Every Fallen Sparrow
When life has turned into briers and thorns
A wasted land with no songs of sparrows
Man will rise and bend their bows
And the wind will sing with the sound of arrows
For you who cut down the life-giving forests
And poison the land and the sea;
For you who make our lives a prison
And trample our right to be free:
The wind will sing with the sound of an arrow
For each and every fallen sparrow!
For you who spit on the right to be human
And force your will with the gun;
For you who throw us back into slavery
And darken the sight of the sun:
The wind will sing with the sound of an arrow
For each and every fallen sparrow!
For you who foster a life of desire
And blaspheme our temples with greed;
For you who claim the right to the power
But turn your back when we bleed:
The wind will sing with the sound of an arrow
For each and every fallen sparrow!
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We shall strike down the walls of your prison
We shall climb out your deepest cave
We shall drive you from land and the water
We shall lower you down in the grave
And for each and every fallen sparrow
The wind will sing with the sound of an arrow!
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'Cause when life has turned into briers and thorns
A wasted land with no songs of sparrows
Man will rise and bend their bows
And the wind will sing with the sound of arrows
Göran Gustafsson
Copyright © 2011 Göran Gustafsson. All rights reserved
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
(Isaiah 7:24)
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
(Luke 12:6)