14 February 2013
Here At Home
All is quiet
On the one billionth doorstep
But I can hear them in the distance
Demanding freedom from violence
Celebrating hope despite the danger
The right to walk streets
Without fear of rape
A determination to right wrong
In Delhi they dance
In Manila they move
In Sydney they sing
All over the world
We are rising
Together
Sisters and brothers
Mothers and fathers
Wives and husbands
Women and men
Girls and boys
Gay and straight
The French Parliament
The Mayor of New York
Jane Fonda
There is much work to do
On Planet Earth
But the Time has Come
For this Cause.
Meantime, yes, we save the polar bears,
The humpback whales, the bees
And the sun shone on London town
Gaia spins her wheel
There’s not much time
As the spectre of climate change
Haunts our sleep
But maybe, just maybe
Good Spirits will walk the earth again
With us, High Magic will return,
Let us break the chains
To make it so