Pandora

Endowed from the sky to cripple humanity 
Cursed for the fire of promethean deception
Eyelids of sanity shut by obsessive curiosity
Restraint surrendered before her temptation
Gambled childhood pleasure and immortality
Lifted the forbidden lid to release her vexation.

Out of the box, rushed the malevolence
Naive minds still oblivious of human gloom
But in a blink, self desire took precedence
Now watch the children fade as they bloom
Enslaved by fear, trapped by conscience
Disease, hate and war carved our tomb.

Learned only to sleep, eat and play
With sorrow and toil, they couldn't cope
All the colors faded and turned to gray
Out of the forbidden box, flew hope
In pitch darkness, appeared a light ray
Endurance emerge and reality elope.