so many of us scared to death
by the thought of losing it all to the malice of the Earth

so many of us apathetic
to the thought that it's all up to us if we want to save it

so many of us
have nothing to live for but the self and it's glorification

so many
minds
and
so many
bodies

separated by the machinery of industry

if we look to the stars and stare
we're either terrified or amazed or simply bored
confused and disoriented,
led to a narcotic rampage till the day they die

trying so hard to make sense of what can't be understood
trying so hard just to have something to live for

and when it all falls away the world turns to a violent brothel rather than a temple of peace

liberation, what does that mean to most?
to have the freedom to live selfishly and without regard to others
to endlessly indulge in however way they wish

but to me that's not liberation
that's the most cruel form of slavery yet
to be enslaved by the disgusting follies of the self