We Banished Nature

We banished Nature, made it bleed
(As if Nature ever had the need for us).

Clouds shine bright beneath cold stars
As a moon’s strange light falls onto rocks,
And out of all our fevered minds
Blows the stench of a terrible pox.

We banished Nature, sowed dark seeds
(As if Nature’s mightiest deeds can’t kill us).

Wild waves fling broad across the breeze
As birds on the wing so blithely sing
And all our spreading cities bring
A creeping dread disease.

We banished Nature, smashed its creed
(As if Nature ever had to heed fool us).

Mountains rise, sweet waters spring,
There’s beauty found in everything -
But we keep chasing bitter dust
In crazy, grasping, gasping lust.

We banished Nature in our greed
(As if Nature can’t one day be freed of us).

Dreams fly soft across the air,
Silence gathers everywhere -
We really haven’t any care
About the damage that we’ve done.

We banished Nature with all speed
(As if Nature won’t one day feed off us).

There’s nothing now that’s left to die -
The smoke is rising in the sky -
And if you listen there’s this one cry
To signal that we’ve gone.

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