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Oil painting of the sea
My soul is heavy with a collective and growing stain
Far from my scene I sense planet in pain
I can not sleep these haunting frightful nights
Death haunts vast reaches of Earth's dear life
Oh God there is now a spot so black
That humankind can never come back
There must be a way that we are changed
Essence of humanity rearranged
Lord take whatever you must take
Just let us learn from our mistakes
We can no longer be as humans have been
A species fallen into such sin
Take human life and make it more fair
Let us learn that planet is meant to share
Let us learn to have more care
For things of sea and things of air
Let us learn to feel where soul hides
Sense that mysterious place inside
Where we connect with all that lives
With heart of Mother Earth that gives
From blackened feathers and blackened gills
From this terrible oil spill
Make a place on the other side
A heaven for those that now are dying
Send the birds the fish the living of the sea
Away from suffering men have caused to be
The hell of oil that is such a curse
Let them elsewhere be released from hurt
And let humans learn to be wise things
Ready to shoulder whatever fate brings
For causing this black hell of oil set free
Killing things that live in the air and the sea
