Thousands of Years of Civilization

Thousands of years of civilization

and yet,

echoes of all the

unnecessary pain and

suffering and

bloodletting

still reverberate

within the walls of this

supposed and theoretical

age of reason.

Thousands of years of civilization

where innumerable tomes

of history fill the libraries

throughout this world of humans

and yet,

blinding hatred

still propels humanity

on its reckless course of

self-immolation.

 

Thousands of years of civilization

and yet,

stultifying stupidity

continues its reign

leaving unmistakable tracts

of horror,

its blinding chaos,

its agonizing carnage,

leaving mothers with

dead and dying children

burning cities,

rotting corpses and

nights filled with terrifying screams

and utter despair.

 

Thousands of years of civilization

and yet,

shallow brains

filled with petty differences

still provoke

wild and unimaginable

horrors of such magnitude

that populate

innumerable nightmares,

that test the boundaries of

hope and resilience.

 

Thousands of years of civilization

and yet,

humanity remains fixated

on delusional ideas

and fails to see the

connection between choices

and consequences,

and fails to see the distinction

between the real and illusion,

between truth and lie,

between what is significant

and what is not.

 

Thousands of years of civilization

and yet,

the immutable reality is not seen

or recognized

that we are all,

eight billion of us,

members of the

same human family.

 

Thousands of years of civilization

and yet…