Thursday, June 18, 2020

Humanity's Light


Civilized man, in a chaotic world,
filled with savages and the darkest night,
Carry high our civilization’s torch,
to enlighten lands, or if need be scorch
the land to rid it of the savage blight,
doing so proudly, our heads high, and flag unfurled.
We have built for ourselves most hallowed halls
to pay homage to our fathers long passed
to whom we owe the greatest of all debts
for they fought the good fight, and did not let
themselves fall to disarray; they held fast,
Never ceasing to answer our destiny’s calls.
We build hospitals to aid all our ill
and we’ve made great strides to stamp out disease.
We’ve built the finest centers of learning
to safeguard the sacred flame that’s burning
within our youth, who shall seek what they please
endeavoring to carry our light further still.
We’ve conquered the fiercest of our Earth’s seas;
The skies no longer forbidden domain;
We’ve reached out to caress the very stars
laying claim to that once proud moon as ours,
No limit exists to our right to reign
those who challenge our right shall be brought to their knees.
There is no sympathy for savages,
Those rejecting civilization’s light
Those whose seemingly only goal in life
Is to cause others undue pain and strife,
Those who denigrate all within their sight,
Who never create…who only steal and ravage.
It is the duty of civilized men
to safeguard Humanity’s destiny
and in so doing, honoring the name
of those before who worked hard for the same…
Those civilized men, proud as they were free
immortal in fulfillment of our Destiny.