Fading Soul

Full of laughter. Full of life.
Green moss grows on every side,
Little insects move within,
Hungry bird beaks take their fill.

You took me from my resting place,
Wrenched me from the earth so warm.
Now I stand here all alone,
Devoid of life, I’ve lost my soul.

You carved an ugly face upon me,
As if you thought you’d make me live.
You smiled as you made me human,
The Great Artist bringing life.

You failed to see me for what I was,
Only what you could make me be.
Yet I was living, peaceful, happy.
Now my fragile soul is torn from me.

You humans like your world so clean
You washed, cleansed me of all I knew.
Now you stand me, tall and proud,
In your lifeless concrete world