diseased

the disaster
and tragedy that
piles up
like bodies
and debris
and spirits
crushed
dams down
flooding flushing
out and away

our topography
our way of life
reversed
cursed?

we must reevaluate
we must look within
we must stop band-aiding

and dig deeper
than the trenches
filled with the victims
of the symptoms

get way down inside
each of us,
pick a hole
look for the whole

to the
sources of this
planet's hurt and pain
feign a sense of
something other than
ME ME ME.

diseased...
are we too late?