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Earth to Mankind

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Earth to Mankind

I am diminished

I am yours to do with as you please

I ask you treat me with respect

Yet still I am reduced

I cherish my existence

Harness the sun as it harnesses me

Yet still I am dwindling

I provide you with all you need

I ask you value me as you would yourself

Yet still I am plundered

I am benign to you, unaware of your deeds

I am wide awake and furnish you still

Yet still I am pillaged

I make complaint from time to time

I see some acts of thoughtfulness

Yet still I am raped

I will take no notice of any late acts of contrition

I have already set my course

I will rage

I will show you the fullness of my might

I will show you the terror in my beauty

I will punish

I will show no mercy or sorrow

I will continue upon my path

You will be diminished

 

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