Planet Earth - Seeing The Bigger Picture

Planet Earth

Spoken Word Poem by Michael Jackson

Planet Earth, my home, my place
A capricious anomaly in the sea of space

Planet Earth are you just
Floating by, a cloud of dust
A minor globe, about to bust
A piece of metal bound to rust

A speck of matter in a mindless void
A lonely spaceship, a large asteroid

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Cold as a rock without a hue
Held together with a bit of glue
Something tells me this isn't true
You are my sweetheart soft and blue

Do you care, have you a part
In the deepest emotions of my own heart

Tender with breezes caressing and whole
Alive with music, haunting my soul.

In my veins I've felt the mystery
Of corridors of time, books of history

Life songs of ages throbbing in my blood
Have danced to the rhythm of the tide and flood

Your misty clouds, your electric storm
Were turbulent tempests in my own form

I've licked the salt, the bitter, the sweet
Of every encounter, of passion, of heat

Your riotous color, your fragrance, your taste
Have thrilled my senses beyond all haste

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In your beauty, I've known the how
Of timeless bliss, this moment of now

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Planet Earth are you just
Floating by, a cloud of dust
A minor globe, about to bust
A piece of metal bound to rust

A speck of matter in a mindless void
A lonely spaceship, a large asteroid

Cold as a rock without a hue
Held together with a bit of glue
Something tells me this isn't true
You are my sweetheart gentle and blue

Do you care, have you a part
In the deepest emotions of my own heart

Tender with breezes caressing and whole
Alive with music, haunting my soul.

Planet Earth, gentle and blue
With all my heart, I love you.