Life In Ruin

Wandering this blasted landscape

that we once called our home

lost amid the ash and wreckage

we wonder how this came to pass

it's been a long time coming

the hour of man's descent

from our lofty seat of power

to it's conclusion in cement

this is the consequence

of an administration of arrogance

ages without intervention

and success before our governance

the cracks have grown into fissures

oversights exposed as deadly errors

now it's so easy to see

where we went wrong

we've worked hard at untying

the knots that hold it all in place

the balance all too fragile

that allowed for our mistakes

the facade of control

has worn away

it shows what we've suspected

that we have lost our way

this is an object

lesson of a life in ruin

the cracks have grown into fissures

oversights exposed as deadly errors

now it's so easy to see

where we went wrong

the facade of control

has worn away

it shows what we've suspected

that we have lost our way

life in ruin

life in ruin

life in ruin