A Evening Reflection
Current Music: Godspeed! You Black Emperor – The Dead Flag Blues
Behind the calm of a society suffering from sensory overload,
lies toxic intentions with the pounding of a political piston
The air is becoming putrid as our oxygen depletes
As demand, density and volume pollute our city’s streets.
Afflicted with a madness that is labelled as sane
Financial intentions are making our lives go deranged
Very little is sacred in a world for sale
Our future is left for the cleaners.
What is this concept known as a Green Earth?
Concrete and Glass are clearly not true to to the earth’s jade and aqua glow
Instead of returning to nature we are submitting our life’s conclusion to 9 feet below
Our species is numbering further and our robotic golems
Build and Construct as guided and programmed
Feeding the need machine in its insatiable drive
A glass of water can offer a moment’s clarity if one cares to ponder
How precious is this commonly underappreciated element of our lives
Hold it up to the sunlight and dazzle in its transparency with your eyes
Can we imagine a day where this commonly accepted necessity
becomes a poor man’s luxury?
Drink deep and inhale and don’t choke while you do it
With every sip and every breath – your quality of service is depleting
You can bottle up water and ship it anywhere in the world
but can you also imagine a life where you have to do so with air?
Some lock themselves in penthouse coffins
observing like god’s from above
Others can tune out the world
With a golf cart and a bag of clubs
Does each putt bring you closer to your goals?
How many people stand back and truly evaluate the social class system that is unfolding around us?
How few forget what they are sacrificing by refusing to change?
How many submit to fear – in exchange for a moment’s entertainment?
After all life can be hard, can it not?
