I ponder if the last generation may already have been born

and if so who will be left, us humans for to mourn?

 

Will any apes carry on beyond our time

and evolve until they can record our crimes

of such wanton waste and foolish pride

that had we but observed such a reckless slide

in others we might have tried to warn

before all hope had become forlorn...

 

Yes, it is but my casual speculation

there may yet come a leader from some nation

who captures the wit of day dreaming men

and sets them on a rational path again.

 

Let's live in hope that leader will emerge soon

before the last born child yearns for the moon

to offer refuge from a scary place,

one made by a thoughtless race

for power and money and baubles which

will be worthless when dug up from a ditch

by any life that follows our time

and just seeks food from among the grime....

 

©Rhumour 

June 19th 2010