Just a Sec... (WWE, 11/28/12, Payback)

There are times... MANY times, in my life where I have been disgusted with technology. I can laugh and say honestly that this happens usually around spring when I am tired of winter and suffering from cabin fever! Addicted as I am to the internet, I commit as many sins to nature as any other American out there, and I sit at my desk far too much.

However, in my good moments of reflection, when I've hit a pointed clarity of thought; I  love nature, mother earth and all the glory of life she holds and unfolds for us. I wrote this piece with that thought, how technology -in general-has taken us away from that love for nature and living peacefully within it.

I was also influenced by an article one day, about the amount of technology we are exposed to in the womb, even before we are born into this world. If you think about it, it rings a scary truth. Beyond the obvious ultrasound pictures taken of the early fetus; there are also all the radio waves, microwaves, cell phone frequencies, the wi-fi, the web, the radio, the satellites- and whatever else permeates the invisible air we breathe and take in. All combining to ensure each and every newborn out there has less and less chance of hearing, loving, and connecting with the earth and nature in it's lifetime. No wonder society has to fight and battle so hard to simply establish one recycling law, much less an eco-friendly way of life. It was a point I could not let go in thought.  I wrote this soon after.  Hope you like it.

 

just a sec

earth's rise and fall
a beat for us all
we cannot hear any longer

before we are born
technical waves do adorn
and change the face of what we are

in the womb we are hindered
instincts are surrendered
we are born unable to hear

before we become
it's altered- it's done
a fact of modern society

ancient man came to be
they could smell, taste, and see
they could hear the earth's heart beat

we consider ourselves better
far superior in matters
while we ignore the house we live in

we can't see- we can't hear
it's all very clear
the very things we love has changed us.

We live unaware
when we know we should care
but who has time to think or change

Schedules abound
and turn us around
until we are retarded in form

If only we'd stop
if only we'd stop
and say - just a sec- let's listen...

listen hard- listen long
home is where you belong
don't shit on the ground you lay down on.

Stop for minute
silence- you're in it
-and say, "just a sec"- and listen.

6/2011- janey