Mitosis

My cathedral surrounds me
From my chorus of canyons
To the hymns of my rolling blue hills

But my head slipped into a steel trap
Severed the connection and put under the microscope
Landscapes on a platter, reduced to code

Lasso-tied, conquered, bound
Hard disk obelisk
Penetrating dirt mound
Embers drowned

Dust to dust
Ashes, ashes you don't define me

Bury me head-first into the ground
Absorb and plant my seed
Bury me alive
Plant the seed nourish me so I may sprout

How advanced am I?
Not enough land for my mass graves
How much progress have I made
If I'm still alone and enslaved?

Pavement dreams haunt me
As steel gives way to sand and sea

My plastic rotating cage deteriorating
And fueling a new all-consuming seascape

Lunar force colliding, breaking
Containers spill back into the source

Dust to dust
Ashes you're my only destiny