What Shall We Do

from Hymns of Disobedience by David Benjamin Blower

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And what shall we do when the waters rise
But fall down on our knees
And place thy face beneath the waves
And pray, too late, for peace

And what shall we do when the ocean roars
And washes up its dead
But wretch and gag there on the floor
Amidst the plastic bags

And what shall we do when the ocean stills
a-swill with floating fish
But cover our eyes and mouthes and ears
And make some useless wish

And what shall we do when the forests burn
But watch it on TV
Sit down, keep calm, and carry on
Till the skies can hardly breath

And what shall we do when all the shelves
Are empty, quiet and strange
And hungry mouths walk north and south
With no more words to say

And what shall we do when the soldiers march
And take whatever is left
Will you fight and die or run and hide
or sit and stare and shake

And then shall the earth sit languageless
For a silent million years
To heal from all our power achieved
In a few generations of greed.

And what shall you do when the forests burn
But watch it on TV
Sit down, keep calm, and carry on
Till the skies can hardly breath

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from Hymns of Disobedience, released November 4, 2022

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David Benjamin Blower: 6-string writer, poet, theologian and podcaster from Birmingham in the UK.

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