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Humanity I love you

But not for your parties & corruption

You evade your soul via success

Embarrassing at both at the altar

 

You think of your ex lover

Humanity I love you

With songs containing the words

Of your home country, when

 

We are but one big country now

Why do you cling to the past?

Human I love you

But not for your sex-flushed pride

 

Your intelligence in breeding

I unflinchingly applaud your animal instincts

Human I love you

Maybe for the art you make

 

Your refusal to be content with availability

You look for fire beyond red rivers

The delirious wars you create

Human I love you

 

But not like an old soul

Bur rather like a young person

Who doesn't know better. 

Reviews

[Rita L. Sev]

Your words certainly made me think, and nod in agreement. Your ending is playing in my mind, which I love. Is "humanity" the youth who knows no better, in which case, there is hope - or are YOU the gullible young person, not knowing any better than to love a species that perpetuates war, discontent, etc. Nice write!

[Sympatico]

It's just that unbridled youth that has the positive emotion to change the world.

Humanity consists of well meaning individuals, without an intelligent collective design.

[Muse]

This is a pretty cool piece of work. You seem to understand that there is much about humanity to love...embracing the good with the bad...it's like saying I can love you...without always loving what you do.

[Sympatico]

Though I believe humans are innately good, I recognize that our brains are tuned to experience the bad as more salient to our survival and evolution.

[Muse]

yes I agree