Can You Stop?

Can you stop the world from turning?
Can you stop its epic round?
Can you stop its frightful torture,
Gripping us upon its ground?

Can you stop the wind's descent?
Can you stop its howling chorus?
Can you stop the way it rattles,
Sending frightened feelings o'er us?

Can you stop the thoughts of others?
Can you stop their triumph. yells?
Can you stop the way they feel,
To make our lives our living hells?

Can you stop the rights of fire?
Can you stop the way it roams?
Can you stop its dark, consuming,
Never ceasing raze of homes?

Can you stop what you're becoming?
Can you stop your destiny?
Can you stop the way you're treating,
Other people, more like me?

Can you stop the feel of water?
Can you stop its thund-rous roar?
Can you stop its endless flowing,
Deepend dark it holds in store?

Can you stop the spread of heartbreak?
Can you stop the fear of loss?
Can you stop its rein of terror,
Slyly hid 'neath preening gloss?

Can you stop the rush of forest?
Can you stop its velvet grip?
Can you stop its chance of winning,
Letting earth around it slip?

Can you stop yourself from changing?
Can you stop your thoughtless pain?
Can you stop the way you're showing,
What you've lost, and what you'll gain?

Can you stop the ground from shaking?
Can you stop the currents' pull?
Can you stop the Earth's rotation,
Or the shatter of your soul?

Can you stop the everlasting?
Can you stop the never-known?
Can you stop the things you're feeling,
Could you stop them on your own?

Can you stop the works of time?
Can you stop the world's charade?
Can you stop the undermining,
hidden secrets, death facade?

Can you stop what you've become?
Can you stop where you're concerned?
Can you stop what we've all started,
Hypocrites. When will you learn?