Polluted Sight

A sight I have no words for,

Not the kind you haven’t seen before,

Used and abused, without a second thought,

Extravagant living, is how we got caught.

They ask why I weep,

While I ask how they sleep,

Mesmerized by light,

Drowned in liquor despite,

Tears cried to fill the ocean,

Craving harmony in motion,

One man once said “they deem me mad,”

Days for gold, as they had, had,

On my knees, they deem me mad,

Mother earth for gold, I will not stand.

 

With loving energy,

Tee

ECO-ANXIETY: A SLOW DEATH

I toss and turn,

My body aches my mind lies

I wake up,

The sun sings the birds cry

I step outside,

Buildings rave squirrels die.

 

I cross the road,

Cars rage my lungs weep

I look around,

Artificial memories start to creep

I speed up,

Am I still stuck in sleep?

 

Panic struck,

Why is it all still here?

I run and run

Ridden by fear

Faster, faster!

My existence so drear,

 

I fall to my knees,

I scream I scream

Blood pumping,

Against the stream

Fists clenched,

Am I so extreme?

 

Alive yet lifeless,

Shielded mask

Alive yet lifeless,

Dust at dusk

Alive yet lifeless,

It’s time to unmask!

 

It dawns on me,

I take a breath

I suffocate,

Don’t hold your breath!

For this is

A slow death.