The world owes me nothing
Except the chance to live
I owe the world nothing
Except the chance to survive

©
William Royce

Beneath our Feet

Are we living for the present
Lifting spirits high
Or are we thinking of the future
When the present has gone by ?

Are we caring for the world
Or letting it take care of us
Are we scared to feel the negative
Or just reaching for the plus ?

Are we leaving everything too late
Because we feel no pain
Do we think we’ve past the turning point
And all would be in vain ?

Are we really only here
To take what we can get
Or did we miss the point
And simply just forget ?

That we’ve been lent the ground
On which our feet do tread
And there are those who wish to live
Long after we are dead.

©
William Royce

It is a shame that we have the energy to search for life on another planet, but not the will to preserve it on our own.

©
William Royce

My Breath - Your Life

I am rooted to the ground
So cannot move to save my skin
I am swaying with breeze
Breathing out and breathing in

Changing colours just to please you
Inhaling air that you dispel
I hope you will look after me
So I can keep you well

I am branching out to touch you
I only hope you’ll see
That I am here to care for you
So please take care of me

And if by chance you need me
For a cause that’s true and good
Just remember to replace me
As there’s is more to trees than wood

©
William Royce

I Am the World

I am the world
I am dying can you feel me?
My fever breaks the ground
It moves the earth and shakes the sea

I am the world
I am crying out in pain
My breath is like a whirlwind
My tears descend as acid rain

I am the world
I am exhausted from my fight
To conserve the gift of nature
That was only mine by right

I am the world
I am on a life support
Only you can help me now
Your sense my last resort

I am the world
My pulse is fading fast
Revive me whilst we still have time
Or my next breath will be our last

©
William Royce

Depletion of Nature

There should be so many more tomorrows
When we’ve reached the end of today
And there could be very many less sorrows
If we really wanted it that way

Whilst we watch and wait for and answer
Taking care of our personal domain
Our future is left to chance
As the world has to take the strain

Nature has shown us its beauty
The land the sea and the sky
But now it demands an answer
To what we have done and why

Is it really for such a good reason
That we deplete our forests and seas
Are we deaf to the cries from the ocean
Can’t we see the wood from the trees?

©
William Royce

The world belongs to no one

Least of all to me

And yet I have the vision

Of the world I want to see

The paradise that once was earth

That we allowed to fail

Is so removed from our life now

It’s become our holy grail

One step forward or one step back

The decision we must take

If we are still to dream

There are more than dreams at stake

©
William Royce