Be still my thoughts,
Separate thinker leave me be!

A tiny germ on this spinning globe,
I sail through space in constant motion

People laughing, people crying
People fighting, people dying

Babies born, the oceans churn
Seasons bloom and fires burn

Rising waters flood,

Tornadoes spin with fury,

Volcanoes dust the earth with ash,
Tsunamis rise and crash,
Earthquakes quake and crack,
Winds of acid rain,
And devastating hurricanes
Destroy all in their path!
 
The sun, the moon, the stars, the planets,
And galaxies yet unseen
Independent of myself
Fulfill their destinies

God and Satan
Wage on wars
Within their hidden realms

Prophets become gods
Through the perversion of their teachings

Past sages are forgotten
Their shadows etched on quicksand walls

The rich get richer, the poor stay poor
Governments manipulate and thrive!

The working man whose name is slave
Slaves on for someone else's name

The absolute beyond our grasp
No larger than a blade of grass
Sways timeless in the breeze

Absent of inward conflict
Or the tiniest of ills
These all occur against my will!
Yet, my only hindrance
Is to bid my thoughts be still