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What Will They Think Of Us?
What will they think of us when they read about us?
About the wars we engaged in over governments and creeds
Or the lies we’re told in the auspices of things to come
When we lost our humanity under pretentious greed
Will they weep for us when they study our history?
When we destroyed Mother Earth to live beyond our means
Because one day she will rise against us and take it back
And upon our ruins a new society will realize their dreams
When will we ever learn the true meaning of harmony?
That the original particle still runs in you as it does in me
In spite of the deities we worship beyond our comprehension
Regardless of our differences, kindness should be our legacy
How will future generations and civilizations see us?
When the avarice spreads through the masses like cancer
Will they see us like we see our past from days long ago?
In our lifetime, will we ever be able to find the answer?
About the wars we engaged in over governments and creeds
Or the lies we’re told in the auspices of things to come
When we lost our humanity under pretentious greed
Will they weep for us when they study our history?
When we destroyed Mother Earth to live beyond our means
Because one day she will rise against us and take it back
And upon our ruins a new society will realize their dreams
When will we ever learn the true meaning of harmony?
That the original particle still runs in you as it does in me
In spite of the deities we worship beyond our comprehension
Regardless of our differences, kindness should be our legacy
How will future generations and civilizations see us?
When the avarice spreads through the masses like cancer
Will they see us like we see our past from days long ago?
In our lifetime, will we ever be able to find the answer?
Published 20th Jun 2019
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20th Jun 2019 2:36pm
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22nd Jun 2019 7:57am
20th Jun 2019 2:40pm
Truer words never spoken... in that most human beings are parasitic, by default ! Aargh.
22nd Jun 2019 7:59am
It's a struggle to remain optimistic, but Mother Earth will take it back one day.
20th Jun 2019 4:35pm
If history goes in pendulum swings, we certainly currently seem to be at one extreme end.
22nd Jun 2019 8:01am
My 14 year old son recently asked me if the world would be "f'ed" up by the time he was old. I apologized to him because the current times/generations don't agree, but I told him to have hope in human nature and that his generation should learn from our (my) generation's mistakes.
20th Jun 2019 8:08pm
When avarice spreads through the masses like cancer ....
Right on 😎 thank you
Right on 😎 thank you
22nd Jun 2019 8:04am
Thank you Donna, although the good book did say "be fruitful and multiply" we also have to be responsible with the land. There is a scene in the 1999 movie "The Matrix" when agent Smith called humans "a virus", multiplying, using up the resources then spreading to other areas. Scary thought.
