Silent

All this destruction and the birds go on singing Above the din of the machine Taking up back to what we we need How can I stand so empty Where the light hits the world In a birdsong glow How do we ever know what we know? I feel myself Scattered Wearing thin Mother culture hasn't clearly whispered into my ear About something like this She has been numb, mute, silent Now I'm silent? Reconstruction and a life worth living 'Neath the murmur of greed Where we sewed every seed Just to stand so empty With the night in her show Oh the holiest glow How do we ever know what we know? I feel myself Scattered Wearing thin Mother culture hasn't clearly whispered into my ear About something like this She has been dumb, cute, absent Am I absent? I feel myself shatter Closing in Modern culture hasn't clearly whispered into my ear About something like this She has numb, mute, silent