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Gaia

1

 

A

It all began ten billion years ago

 

A big bang scattered dust into space

 

The dust cloud then condensed into solid

 

Gravity had pulled matter into place

 

 

B

Planets formed stars burned bright (the)

 

Universe in its twi-light

 

 

C

Earth was in a turbulent state, (no)

 

life survived in this hostile place

 

Liquid plastic amorphous rock

 

Shaped by storms and meteorite shock

 

Radiation high on the ground

 

Fires burning all around

 

Gamma, X-rays and solar winds

 

The atmosphere wasn't kind

 

 

D

Acid rivers, boiling lakes

 

Mega violent earthquakes

 

A mixture of poisonous gases

 

Hot lava and volcanic ashes

2

 

A

Time went by and the earth began to cool

 

Frozen comets brought water here from space

 

Lightning triggered chemical change

 

Oceans formed between continental plates

 

 

B

Complex molecules began to appear (the)

 

building blocks of life were here

 

 

C

A simple cell came on the set

 

found a niche that was warm and wet

 

Then colonies of bacteria (and) 

 

microscopic algae appear

 

Mutation of cells over time

 

Created a specialised line

 

Life with complexity of form

 

Diversity became the norm

 

 

D

As life evolved it harnessed the planet

 

Changed its chemistry changed its climate

 

Replaced the atmosphere with its own

 

It built and ran a stable home

3

 

A

The composition of the air we breathe

 

Its temperature and humidity

 

The saltiness of all the seas

 

Kept constant and in harmony

 

 

B

Earth became a single living force

 

Each part pursuing its own course

 

 

C

Elements driven in a cycle

 

A process active and vital (from)

 

air to water, soil to plant cell

 

Consumed then returned when the animal fell

 

Carried on plates of the earths crust (to)

 

mountains or volcanic dust

 

As soil or stone, dissolved in rain

 

As flesh and bone a linking chain

 

 

D

This is the story of our origin

 

A living film clings like a skin

 

On land and sea there is Gaia

 

Great creator and destroyer


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