You Put Me Aside

I am but one of many of these Animal Beings watching and dying You put me aside for your gains and advancement for humanity you say Yet all the while you fail to see it is you and your kind you put aside You put me aside for the sake of growth and everything else you convince yourself You put me aside to see change and what else did you say I fail to remember all the lies you tell yourself and others You put me aside to shape a landscape into perfect geometric shapes You call this pretty and civilized after communities have vanished Many starve in this pretty and civilized world you’ve created You put me aside for a glance at yourself you believe is your best You put me aside for you believe this is how you must survive Careful where you take your next step for there will be nothing left to put aside