scarred by the generations of contamination drained of life devoied of tranquility mother earth crumbles with the weight of its children hope that has been hollowed from these veins tonight the remains cry out signs of degradation as the maggots infest within our ears our actions of today create the teardrops of tomorrow again and again civilization wraps her hands around the neck of nature with a ceaseless grasr we choke feeding off of false words spoon fed breathe in the reign of ignorance witnessing the silence of voices a divine disregard for improvement the pursuit of survival will keep us alive