Western Moon

The moon is so huge
The sky is the color of the
Blue between dusk and dark
Wisps of cloud are lit up grey
By the light of the moon
Shining so big
Pearly white on all of us.
We don't see it
Wandering aimlessly
From lamp to lamp
Seeking the artificial light
We have learned to live by
Firelight replaced by florescent
Fake and sickly
Compared to the forgotten moon


This is the western world
We have created truth to live by
"do what feels good"
"survival of the fittest"
"all truth is relative"
False lights that guide our way
To hopelessness, emptiness,
Constant dissatisfaction,
To a world where our lives are propped up by an economy that will always waver
A world where trees have to be saved and water comes in plastic bottles
A world where your appearance counts more than your substance
A world where we spend $5 on coffee forgetting $5 could feed an entire village
A world where the poor and distressed are given band-aids and not a healer


We wander aimlessly from fad to fad, color to color
"black is beautiful" "go green"
What we need is true light
All of the colors together united
All of the peoples together unified
All truth together united
We need light
We need the author of light