Once I Wandered A Land Poem by Noah Body

Once I wandered a land of beauty and light
One where all things were trimmed in gold
Where joy filled the heart
And all things were possible
Where birds sang giving song to your soul
where green trees gave the breeze it's sigh
Where flowers peopled the land with color
Where hope was abundant, even overflowing
Where all was good and love abounded
Once I wandered a land full of peace

Now where has the land gone?
I feel like Thomas Covenant come back to the land
just to find it withered and dying

For the land is a wasteland
Filled with grief and suffering
Eternal night rules the sky
And everlasting blackness cloaks to land
The trees are mere gnarled hulks of themselves
Not a green leaf to be found
The flowers are gone, replaced by desecration
The birds have all left to seek greener pastures
Despair now fills the heart
And hopelessness rules the soul
Hatred and putrefaction rule the land
There is no peace, no beauty or light to be found

Once I wandered a land.... now I hide from it.