Take me there

Take me to where the tall grass grows
for miles and miles
from the dusty earth
to the tilting sky
in the blue
of a prarie
stretched out farther than my eye can see
Take me to that place
where nothing is noisy, is busy, is lazy
where the world works as a clockwork engine
up and down, round and round like a carousel
each person with a place and a pace and a job to get done
that place in which no one races the setting sun
and everything is finished by the time the ball drops
Take me far from the city
to a place where no one is concerned with just how many more stories
we can put on a high rise
we can tell to make us sound interesting
we can fit into an already jam-packed high-action movie
Take me to the place where the people still have time
to talk about life and love and why in peace
where no one is concerned with winning
or making it big
or making it anywhere
beyond making it right
and making it beautiful
and peaceful
Take me to a place where pretension doesn't reign from a gilt-golden throne
where no one wears a mask
to hide themselves from themselves
first and foremost
Take me there,
take me back
before we were civilized
before we were enculturated
into this monstrous thing
we call the modern world
this disgusting
appalling
ridiculous
daunting
painful
and wasteful
unreasonable
vicious
spiteful
uncaring
stone-cold
and cruel
thing we call advanced and improved
the modern world.