The rhythm has recharged me
I’m alive without blood
a monster of the most civilized sort
wanting nothing from you.
I can feel your misery
as I lay at your feet
we could celebrate your birthday every second of the day
we all live forever on a long enough time scale.
You and I are the branches of civilization
Unfortunately our heritage is cold
I own pictures of the previous beauty
but they do not compare to the drop of water
left on my fingernail.
I see them all around
trying to grow substance from one another
to outlive the rest
“to save humanity”
But the war is not when the Corporate businessmen buy jets
or when a 12 year old pops her cherry
or when a soldier kills a family of 4.
The war is a manifestation of our frustration.
When the water, the last pure substance of our family,
learns to duplicate,
to love or to feel the rest of us
sharing our lifesource, the world will end.
We will once again see fall.