Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward. Or Vice Versa?

Humankind is young when you

Consider the grand scheme of things.

It's going to be interesting

To see what changes the future brings.

 

Though some people still have doubts

And find their questions unresolved,

Others are in awe at how

We human beings have evolved.

 

In certain ways we have seen

Humanity make great strides.

But then again, progress itself

Is questionable. Who decides?

 

At times it's flabbergasting to see

How little progress we seem to have made.

Are we really advancing when

So many people retrograde?

 

We take so much for granted about

This precious globe that gave us birth.

Despite the extensive knowledge we have,

We cannot stop destroying the earth.

 

Our planet has limited resources,

But people behave as though they've never

Been made aware of that and act

As though everything lasts forever.

 

Too many people reject reason

And place their trust in falsehoods and fiction.

They choose to substitute myth for fact

And fail to see the contradiction.

 

It's funny…no, it's scary to see

That while we have advanced in stages,

At the same time, many people

Continue to live in the Dark Ages.

 

-by Bob B (11-11-19)