June 30, 2005
commiserate
so here we are again and again
war looming and looming
politicians whitewashing death
and people turning their blind eyes
and they are so easily swayed
so quickly and easily betrayed
what can we do
we have to live
we have to work
we have to
so leaders sway our opinions
news is a commercial for interests
interests are a reason for war
war is a commercial for pride
and it is all news
what percent of your car
is paid for in blood
we hear our side
they hear their side
and our differences grow and grow
war looming and looming
missiles fired in far away places
at people with unfamiliar faces
but we've seen them on the news
hating us
and we hate them
at least enough to turn a blind eye to death
that occurs in a far away place
to an unfamiliar face
our judge has passed the verdict in this case
let it go
you have to let it go
you will have to let it go
because you'll want to eat your hand
if you care
your hand that rests while others kill
and apparently with and for your will
so eat your hand
because what can you do
you have to live
you have to work
you have to
so the hate becomes hatred
every bomb scattering it further and closer
war looming and loomed and looming
our ghettos are places to pick soldiers for grooming
killers with lots of experience
video game trained
seen it on tv
seen it on the corner
it's familiar
but not the face
you won't even see the face
just a blip on a screen
and then a scattering of pixels
and the surge of joy
for a job well done
people well killed
but we all die right
justify what you ve done
or don't even think about it
for you are no longer human
you are a machine
you do less thinking and less thinking
less feeling and less feeling
because war is loomed and looming
sewn and sown
and our skin is so thick
it's all we are
just a shell of thick thick skin
we're barely breathing
surrounded by so called original sin
should I just go to the mountains
build a cabin
and live
and work
because I have to
live out my days with mother nature
for her beauty is unsurpassed
with her lakes of mirrored glass
her mountains reaching toward the sky
enduring the rain with grace
enduring the snow on their face
please mother nature take back this place
for we humans are a disgrace
I would rather be eaten by wolves
than by capitalists wielding star bucks coffee cups
I'd rather walk into the dirt
than accept their world and lose my self
my self that knows it s wrong
for one to live so well
while another
gasps a few breathes and passes away unknown
perhaps that being was the one with the answers
we will never know
we have to live
we have to work
we have to
war looming and looming
doomed to be doomed
politicians are fine tuning
you
well
what are you doing
Author: Benjamin Rouse
Posted on June 30, 2005 09:50 PM