Humanities Clock

Humanities clock ticks, time moves forward
Man's ego drives him to make foolish decisions

Great wars were fought
 Bloody battles raged
Each gave way to a new and more frightening age
With hatred and greed, prejudice the norm
Each one breeding and intense firestorm 

As we stand poised on the threshold an uncertain future
We must examine the present and its current direction

As time moves forward we must remember the past
And heed all of it warnings if mankind is to last
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Sands Avatar
April 3, 2017 at 6:39 PM
This is so true about looking at what has happened and happening now ...fully for what it is. Good points :)
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April 3, 2017 at 10:47 PM
Thank you Heidi.
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