Looking back
at what's left behind
Piecing together the grand demise
Hidden deep beneath the sand
A technological wasteland
Illustrating a time line
of the human mind
Mechanical debris
litters the desolate landscape
Remnants of what once was
Trying to understand
what destroyed this land
this technological civilization
Observing a place
once full of life
now empty and uninhabited
A postmodern tribe
studies the plight
as they seek to understand
what happened
(to bring down such a wealthy temple)
No need to make a distinction
This mass extinction
Was it the inventions
meant to enhance our lives?
Self-destruction through anthropocentric creation
that caused the desecration?
So few survived this grand demise
Cities now lie in ruin
Those who lived lives of ancient ways
now digging through the remains
Learning from the mistakes that were made
The dawn of a new consciousness
at what's left behind
Piecing together the grand demise
Hidden deep beneath the sand
A technological wasteland
Illustrating a time line
of the human mind
Mechanical debris
litters the desolate landscape
Remnants of what once was
Trying to understand
what destroyed this land
this technological civilization
Observing a place
once full of life
now empty and uninhabited
A postmodern tribe
studies the plight
as they seek to understand
what happened
(to bring down such a wealthy temple)
No need to make a distinction
This mass extinction
Was it the inventions
meant to enhance our lives?
Self-destruction through anthropocentric creation
that caused the desecration?
So few survived this grand demise
Cities now lie in ruin
Those who lived lives of ancient ways
now digging through the remains
Learning from the mistakes that were made
The dawn of a new consciousness
Really makes me wonder who I'd be, what type of life I'd live were I to grow up in a post-modern society. A scavenger on a permanent camping trip, I guess.
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