Square vs. Circle

How long will we walk through wildness
Paved over before our time?
How long will we try to find
Connections through concrete?
How long lost?
How long found?
How long now?

Staring out barred windows
To wall lined streets
Sneaking green
Disobedient empire

We've caged ourselves for security
From the wildness that grows
Despite heavy machinary
Despite all of the code
Despite all of the ways
conceived to kill it

Rather than praise tenacity
We'd make God
A comfortable life