I dreamt the earth was dying

I dreamt the earth was dying

I watched but did not see

I dreamt the earth was dying

I heard but let it be

And on I slumbered in my blindness

Twisting in the pain

I failed to see my pain arose from

Ways that I’d gone numb

I dreamt my vision opened

And found a way to start

I dreamt my vision opened

And with it grew my heart

—Darlene Cimino-DeRose