Where are we now? |
What have we become in this new world that we have created Are we proud Are we genuine Do we even remember what it was like before Before all the change that came with us exploring outside of our backyards What has become of us Why did we lash out in violence Did fear control us Does fear still control us now Do we think that any of this is sustainable Do you think that we can continue on Without the full circle Life Lives divided and families stripped of everything Their homes, their livelihoods, their families Their pride, their honour, their traditions torn apart Their bodies and souls ravaged without reason In the name of what - God? This is not what was written and taught to us long ago When the ancients came and instructed us as to how to care for the land How to care for each other How to lean upon your brothers and sisters for comfort For support For direction We've come so far, yet fallen so deep into ourselves A big pit of empty souls scrambling in the dark Looking for a foothold on the slick walls of this hollow cave Underground, under our feet It will grow wider and deeper if we don't do something The tide is turning, but forces struggle against us They don't want to lose They don't want to give up their trinkets and trophies Collected and bought with money and So Much Blood It's everywhere Dripping from their mouths as they speak I'm not sure they know I'm not sure they see I'm not sure they realize the darkness behind them Manipulating them, their words They can't see with their eyes any longer Vision clouded and obscured by thick blood Caked on Layer upon layer of dark red Scab over scab Scars upon scars so there is no longer any feeling Just numb Look beyond Use other ways of seeing I scream out, but I'm not sure anyone hears me Not sure they understand Not sure they know how to see without eyes Beyond the present and tangible there lies a curtain A veil we can walk beyond, though some may never find their way out Sucked in by a vortex of continuous chatter and confusion You can spend eternity there and come back to the present because These spaces exist simultaneously, but time doesn't coincide One moves at one speed, and one is beyond the reach of the hands of time See the fear The wrinkle in space Focus Listen We see you We always have, though you fade out at times We wait for you to return to us Cast a line down into the pit and try to gather all the pale thin ghosts The zombies scattered in the darkness Reach out to them and join hands Transferring knowledge and light and beauty and colour into their hearts Try to renew connections and lost friends, lost souls We are all in this together For better or worse We need each other In ways we can't always comprehend |