Searing below me

My only child

The only one

Will no one help

Your might all but spent

Flowers of the field

Grey and somehow older

A freshness subdued

I'll always wonder

If I could have changed

And maybe take back

My one true friend

For pity's sake

Don't hurt my earthen child

My only child

Greying cities and concrete skin

Torn between life

Cover the earth with needless filth

I gave to you without question

You took more without asking

Colours fading in the sun

I gave to you with all I know

I was not there

I'll always know

I could have helped

I could have saved

My one true friends

For pity's sake

Don't hurt my earthen child

My only child

Greying cities

And concrete skin

Sallow faces

And empty hearts