Prehistoric Pipe Dream
O to be an ape before the dawn of man
Before fire was bestowed by the heavens and stolen from nature
Precluding the curse of human consciousness
And all the inane notions it has birthed
Living among all the rest, fighting tooth and nail instead of guns and steel
For sustenance instead of opulence
To be born long before the first seed was sown
Under the power of natural law, not these forged rules of folly
To live by the ebb and flow of seasons, tides and suns
Without notions of greed, and the attempt to hold ourselves above all the rest
Forsaking harmony to build the highest towers of silver and ivory
Worshipping and waging war for false idols
Praying for providence that only comes by chance
If only we could see beasts as brethren
and truly be stewards rather than sadists who slaughter
Before fire was bestowed by the heavens and stolen from nature
Precluding the curse of human consciousness
And all the inane notions it has birthed
Living among all the rest, fighting tooth and nail instead of guns and steel
For sustenance instead of opulence
To be born long before the first seed was sown
Under the power of natural law, not these forged rules of folly
To live by the ebb and flow of seasons, tides and suns
Without notions of greed, and the attempt to hold ourselves above all the rest
Forsaking harmony to build the highest towers of silver and ivory
Worshipping and waging war for false idols
Praying for providence that only comes by chance
If only we could see beasts as brethren
and truly be stewards rather than sadists who slaughter
♠ ♠ ♠
This was written nearly a year ago when I was in the psych ward. I didn’t have the writing aids I usually have at my disposal and chose to keep it very close to the way it was originally written. I just really wanted to be MONKE because I loathed all of humanity. Was not having a good time.