was the key phrase used
a decade or so ago,
but acts that abused
Earth for so long, so deeply,
by homo sapiens, bends
my sight to perceive
humans as a blight on Earth
like plaque on one’s teeth
that attacks the enamel
creating an abysmal
oral precipice
of decaying rot not stopped
by human action.
Population explosion
unchecked has wrecked habitats
when bureaucrats lack
fortitude to protect when
economical
concerns are short termed
over long termed actions that
affirm unfettered
sustainability’s worth
for the health of Earth.
More bodies; more consumption,
more waste to process, more cows
that will allow more
methane production before
meat is ingested
More people means more freighted
goods by diesel guzzling from
eighteen-wheeled transports
hustling from coast to coast and
to boast forcefully
a vibrant economy.
Now, this horde of people sees
the misery of
unrestrained, human species
proliferation.
[Joseph Ward]
Population explosion
has been driven strongly by
deep seeded beliefs
institutionalized by
our cultural
caste of civilized holy
men given to defend their
exclusivity
to the Supreme Deity
who abhors human
employment of birth control
that censors His Supreme Will
to decide who guides
Life’s proliferation on
His created Earth.
Birth is a divine province
fated to chance occurrence.
[Cole]
Again, religion
makes known its importance in
power’s prescriptions
for required behavior
that ultimately favors
power’s perceptions.
But, homo sapiens’ views
askew toward profound
shifts dominating culture’s
priorities dictating
ceremonious
presentations of what is
worshiped as supreme
allegiance to forces of
nature much stronger than Man.
Conjure the essence
of mankind’s religions by
residing among
the first bipedal creatures
who ventured forth from the trees
to walk upright through
the vast, tall grasslands and band
together seeking
new shelter and food. They were
moved to bury well their dead
unlike all other
animals bred in the wild
kingdom of instincts,
a distinct character trait
that opened the gate to the
great journey forward
toward modern human creatures.
The wild filed their
loved ones with some enlightened
perception of life’s value
with funeral rites,
a coup for evolution’s
movement away from
animalistic instinct’s
prominence over reason
with the emergence
of one’s reflections on their
true experience
leading to speculations
of possible actions from
unseeable roots
of suffering or unknown,
unexplainable
salvation from otherwise
insurmountable events.
[Diane]
When the quantum of
probing curiosity
reaches optimum
level to intrigue the mind
to be keenly aroused by
Nature’s hidden side,
the mind begins to expand
an inquisitive
consciousness with a motive
to learn more and explore more
of the core beneath
the surface realities
of vital events.
[Cole]
The inquisitive probing
consciousness of the homo
sapiens’ mind finds
time to structure language that
breaks the bondage of
instinct’s imperious rules
to school us to different
options to pursue.
This path’s origin begins
in tandem with that
of religious observance
of birth with fertility
cults and the results
of one’s homage to the dead.
[Charles Dennis]
Another issue
that you may wish to pursue
regarding world religions
is the assertions
made in Genesis that’s the
basis to unlock
the creation of man and
his mate and the Christian god’s
mandate to humans
to rule and have dominion
over his conferred
earthly creations for all
of his divine amusement.
We, the people of
Mi’gma’gi’ * have not written
any doctrine of
* Territory of the Mi’kmaq People: Approximate English pronunciation: Mig-ma-gee
metaphysical beliefs.
We’re inclined to practical
motifs of action
intertwined every day in
what we say and do.