Tuesday, July 20, 2010

God Help Me With These Mysterious Ways


god help me
bear witness to the stunningly thoughtless waste of our ad-induced lifestyle
bear witness to all that which is so rapidly disappearing for the sake of quick profits

god help me
ignore the things I waste time hating that do not really matter
ignore our incessant destruction of this blue-green miracle world

god help me
accept the fact that sociopathic control freaks are always in charge
accept the vast environmental rape which proceeds all around us

god help me
overlook the mass extinction we further with every shopping day
overlook the millions of starving, sick and thirsty who surround me

god help me
detail the holocaust we perpetrate on our cows, pigs and chickens
detail the absurdity of remotely-controlled, pointless mass consumption

god help me
hold on to this notion that our sheer numbers are our biggest concern
hold on to this vision that a better world might yet come to pass

god help me
forget the things in my past that time simply cannot not take away
forget this nightmare of a relentlessly approaching, dystopian future

god help me
save even some faint memories of all that's being so quickly destroyed
save my simple soul from the myriad of irreconcilable media visions

god help me
open my eyes and not be frightened into blindness by what I see
open my mind beyond mass entertainment and organized religion

god help me
lose the anger that still overwhelms me way too quickly and far too often
lose the greed fanned by those who package our lives for quick profits

god help me
awaken for whatever few remaining cool sweet dawns I am granted
awaken the dreamer that may still be slumbering somewhere within me

god help me
search out those good people whom I need badly to love and to respect
search out things that matter somewhere beyond the endless infomercials

god help me
hear the pre-dawn birds teaching me how to sort out my priorities
hear the trees whispering softly above me with a gentle breeze

god help me
feel calm despite the fright and confusion that fills me once again
feel secure despite the eternal formlessness that mindlessly awaits me

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