Gaia

As the goddess arises
from her sleeping couch
she stretches out her right arm,
all ugliness disappears
from the world,
she raises her left,
all beauty restores,
she breathes in deeply
impurities are pulled from air,
as she exhales
sweet fragrance emanates.

As Her eyes flutter open
she beholds this world
as she left it
with no knowledge
of the evil that transpired
while she slept.

The goddess calls to her children
they gather at her feet
giggling nervously
at nightmare tales
told by the goddess
dreamed in her restless slumber
knowing these revealed secrets
as the facts of their lives.

Her children pray;
please do not sleep
our world loses control
when our goddess sleeps.
She laughs at their foolishness
not knowing that mice
will get into their grain
once she closes her eyes.