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Humanity

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Sun rises skyward
as people march onward
leaving the cradle
as soon as we were able

humanity settles down
cities craft their crown
and with the aid of simple blade
great nations form while their lessers fade

technology increases
as we spread our diseases
and the culture of native people ceases

wars in the holy places
blood on their faces
crosses around the neck
siege towers and engines keep the heathens in check

All because the greater the tech is
there is less time to look in their eyes and feel sympathetic
so you can never regret it

but a true knight would never stay a true blade
so he could bathe in the righteous rays
reformation through flame

faces and ideas from days gone
come back and try to prove the right from wrong
thinkers writers and poets
replace the war monger on his pulpit

all the progress soiled in a quest for the new world
slavery and genocide as new hatreds unfurled
colonization, social stratification
a milestone on a fuse toward our world's detonation

again we make progress accelerate
making mess and for the end we just wait
tearing the world apart with useless toil
for such an inefficient fuel like oil

world wars ignite
set the world alight
destroy and make rubble from everything in site

harness the power of the sun
blow the enemy to kingdom come
what a joke, every war is a cold one

a world covered in disease
we could cure it with ease
but instead we hold out our hand and ask “money please?”

capitalism, communism, socialism
justifications for an empire's imperialism
tools for a governments domination
of the great trusting people of a nation

the sun beats down in the middle east
the poor starve while the rulers feast
we'll save you with fire and loud boom
since when does saving mean put in a tomb

that's where we are
look back at history
really we haven't come far
we're just a repeating story

But you can end this, cut the string and end the cycle, make the changes you can. Take the chances you need too, and be the one who stands up and says no more! The world doesn't need more soldiers to follow orders. It needs more warriors to fight for justice, for the truth. For people who can't fight for themselves. Don't let the ones with the guns and the armies make the rules, you give them their power, and you can take it from them. All their power comes from the trust of the people, and if the trust is gone, the power is gone. Rip it from them, and make this world better. We're human, and imperfect beings, but the world can be a lot closer to perfection then it is. The pen is mightier than the sword, and the voice is stronger than the gun, and words are faster then the bullet.
This is a good one.
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"Break the circle and stop the movement/the wheel is thrown to the ground/Just remember it might start rolling and come right back around" - The Mob Rules, by Black Sabbath.  Reminds me of this.   I like it a lot. :)