So you see We're a parade of soft silky flesh A mask on battered and broken bones A plague on beauty Parasites that drain the soul of the earth Like we do with one another Cherry lips covered in lethargy ******* the life out of the shoulders we lean on And still The wind whispers "prosper" While the trees breath essence Down our cracked throats Building And rebuilding Like a potter mends his clay We forget In our blinding pride We're only a fraction of the unrecognized particles of the universe