homeward journey

deep pink the fluffy clouds infused with blood
we've entered for a while another world
down below rain turns friable earth to mud

we fly through day and night with thump and thud
our bodies through the sky in cans are hurled
deep pink the fluffy clouds infused with blood

night falls the darkness comes on like a flood
bright flags that marked the day are now being furled
down below rain turns friable earth to mud

we've seen through time the bomb is just a dud
into far pasts we have not yet been whirled
deep pink the fluffy clouds infused with blood

what have we learned the cows still chew their cud
the wartime pipes have one more time been skirled
down below rain turns friable earth to mud

once was gold that gleamed now it's only crud
the lake that shone has down a plughole swirled
deep pink the fluffy clouds infused with blood
down below rain turns friable earth to mud