Could it be we’re living in the place
our planet evolving
carved out with us in mind
inside these crevices where people joined the planet
in a primordial pact
with natural disaster
volcanic ash blocks the sun
and the winds howl
as if being forced to blow
everything down
and since we crawled out of the sea
looking for a lover
we’ve had the capacity
to murder
we learned about destruction
watching the cosmos cunning
turn delicate snowflakes into
comets
fire and blood raining down
we cannot blame the cosmos
we are the children of their issue
killing each other
your blood has been permanently insulted
by an unforgivable past
so we kill each other
while the earth quakes
forests burn
and water drowns the land
how clever a design
turning us against each other forever
an alliance with natural disaster
keepers of the flame
grow from life’s rot
the insufferable chaos
has never stopped
a planet and it’s people
in a primordial pact for survival
