WE ARE UNIQUE

To understand the sound of laughter,
a sigh, a shout, a baby’s cry.
The composing of sweet music,
to rock a cradle by.

To speak those tender words,
“I love you, I just do”
Separates us from all life forms,
we are unique, this me and you.

To hear a Prima Donna sing,
or see Leonardo’s work, so fine.
Yes, we people have been artists,
from the beginning of all time.

To plough the land and grow the produce,
for a hungry world to eat.
Fields of waving barley
and a haze of golden wheat.

To hear a voice so far away,
from a telephone so near.
The internet at our fingertips,
a welcome e-mail brings us cheer.

To understand and keep on learning
Is so natural for us all;
always striving for a better life,
till greed and avarice comes to call.

We pollute our beautiful planet,

Oceans, land, the air we breathe.

Can we reverse the damage? 

It's far too late, I do believe.

To be indifferent to the suffering,

Exporting arms that kill or maim.
Yes, as humans we're inventive,

but we must take the blame.