Aniruddha Pathak Poet Rhyme

Brief History of Homo-Sapiens

Fire gave us power right at the door,
Farming made us hungry for more,
Money gave us ungoverned greed,
And science, such a deadly breed!

Our brief his’try from beastly apes
To species that learnt spoken word,
Sovereign that rules the whole world,
Then back to brutes that Ma Earth rapes. 

One step perhaps from back to caves,
His’try repeats from birth to graves, 
On verge of destroying our dome,
Back to base, a full round to roam!
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Inspired by the book: ‘Sapiens’, Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari, humankind, yes human but never humane. So, let me just call them Homo-sapiens.  

Introspection |18.06.2021|

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Andrea Dietrich June 20, 2021 at 10:52 AM It's the power hungry ones among the group that makes it so bad for the rest of us. The unforgiving, greedy and wicked ones.

Rama Balasubramanian June 18, 2021 at 11:04 PM I fully agree with you. Wonderfully penned! Liked the word ma earth rapes. So true!