Today wild berries still cling to the vine
Though covered with dust and acetylene
Tonight a dark menace will complete its task
And the vine will lie naked and dead in the grass
In the morning I will approach though sunlight is dim
And wonder what menace could complete such a crime
But in the twilight of my own evening years
I understand the menace is mine
Before me stands a world a faces
I close my eyes
I see the death of single races
Imagined through the horror inside
I open my eyes my children at my feet
Ash settles on my bloodied hand
Without intention the wind can reap
The thoughts that destroy an entire man
Though covered with dust and acetylene
Tonight a dark menace will complete its task
And the vine will lie naked and dead in the grass
In the morning I will approach though sunlight is dim
And wonder what menace could complete such a crime
But in the twilight of my own evening years
I understand the menace is mine
Before me stands a world a faces
I close my eyes
I see the death of single races
Imagined through the horror inside
I open my eyes my children at my feet
Ash settles on my bloodied hand
Without intention the wind can reap
The thoughts that destroy an entire man