Lament for a Red Planet
Jonathan Eberhart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0WiSV7L5Q

Ten thousand times a hundred thousand dusty years ago
Where now extends the plain of gold did once my river flow
It stroked the stones and spoke in tongues and splashed against my face
Till ages rolled - the sun shown cold on this unholy place

So many stars bedeck my skies when once there were but few
But oh, to know again the clouds that hid them from my view
My ocre cliffs and rusted sands stand regal and serene
But oh my wan and wasted world I miss your blue and green

But it's just the weight of waiting not a death watch [f?]or a friend
Tomorrow has a starting as does yesterday an end
For the water of my river and the air that was my wind
Though bound in rocks and wintry wastes I pray ??? again

My ocre cliffs and rusted sands stand regal and serene
But oh my one and wasted world I miss your blue and green