Luap Elk

How can people wander blind To the simple wonders that abound? Autumn leaves wind rustling Crashing waves a gigantic sound Colors shadows light With awe fill Forms pull from ancient memory Alone alone and still Alone and still There's a majesty in the minutiae A hidden world waiting to be found and seen Tangled web of life ending Yet somehow always beginning Grain of sand or the raging sea All the daily battles of heart and will You find ourselves alone and still Alone and still Never knowing Exactly who or where we should be Are we ever helpless to life's inertia Can we ever be free? Broken wing creatures can't rescue carry you and me For they've turned to stone in the winter's chill And we are left alone and still Like some forgotten child Not lost but not wild Surely someone comes to soon collect Alone and still If we could only recollect The vast mind of endless possibilities Alone and still That the rational seek to trample and kill And leave us all leave us all alone and still Alone and still