I Am Man I began in the primordial soup of the day Bubbling skies stirred angry grey Swirled and swept in an eclectic storm Chemicals and particles began to form Seared by heat this orb did boil No respite from baking soil I ebbed and flowed with the tides' emotions Till cooled by seas and swollen oceans I swam, I crawled, I walked on land I yearned for fate to take my hand I called it Earth; He called me Man And on this rock, my quest began A goal for Man, for those who heard His Master plan, to spread The Word My only tasks, to Learn His teachings To cultivate, and rule all species And when He saw my Spirit lift Upon me He bestowed Three gifts Gift One was Thought, In twilight dreams They came and went, in constant streams Gift Two was fraught, as I discovered The gift of Choice, above all others A gift too far for Man, it seems I kill the Earth, despite its screams All I have, I chose to choose I, alone, chose to abuse The gift that was, in His opinion The gift of gifts; Gift Three, Dominion Live side by side, both man and beast I owned the most, but paid the least I did not accept this simple creed And scorched the Earth, engorged with greed And as I gaze upon my deeds I see I failed. My Earth - It bleeds A landscape scarred by Human violence I’ll end my reign in shameful silence. I, am Man. Galyx |