I was born into this world.

I am Man

I have tamed this world,

for I am Man.

I have traveled and conquered,

invented and fabricated.

I have climbed mountains

I have built

I have destroyed

I have created

I have employed

As no other creature before.

I am Man.

Together we have fought,

and one by one we have died.

Each one of us was born

only to create and find our successors in the same situation.

Pyramids, canals, temples, and roads we have constructed

only to destroy, to pillage, to reek of havoc, to rape.

Ideas have been conceived and aborted, while others

have changed our lives, as well as our the lives of those

who will come after us.

I am A man.

Into the heavens we have climbed

Only to be baffled by the new worlds

we have and will find.

First with our telescopes we have peeked

then with our machines we have searched.

As for our home world, we have explored

we have used,

we have corrupted.

Our world is dying...time to move on to the next.

And now the Sun is expanding

Mercury and Venus are disappearing

Earth is melting.

It was a nice run my friends:

“Mankind: 100,000BC - “

But wait! We cannot know when we will die!

For we will be replaced long before the Earth is gone!

Evolution is still changing us, changing us into a new species!

Whatever comes my way

Whatever challenges me

Whatever it may be that lies ahead in the future,

I will do as I have done in the past,

for I am Man.

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Posted by Zombie Punk 2008-06-01 18:58:59 .... 5/5 you get for this cool poem. i pictured a robotic voice reading this for some reason, but why would a robot be saying i am man? + Report this comment
Posted by resistanceisfreedom 2008-06-01 19:43:57 .... great poem. enjoyed every line. + Report this comment
Posted by Lifeless 2008-06-03 19:53:20 .... Brilliantly done. It was nice and deep, just like I like my poems. + Report this comment
Posted by sTiCkFiGuRe 2008-06-03 20:11:47 .... I am man also, hear me roar. Im not as enthused as the previous commenters, but this wasn't bad. Not sure I understood what you wanted to say with by the 100,000BC reference, kinda seemed weird being in there. But i'll give ya a 4...not bad + Report this comment
Posted by Dirkin 2008-06-05 01:04:14 .... This is the first poem I ever remember reading of yours Robert. I think this was a good effort, written in your own straightforward style. You have a lot to say about man, and not all of it positive (which is about right) I think the last bit with its glimpse of hope was interesting; personally I think we're all doomed the way w're going. Good stuff + Report this comment
Posted by chaabuk 2008-07-23 22:14:40 .... You profess proudly you are a mna, the conquerer, the traveller. For this is what a man is supposed to be. He is the ruler of the world. Even with a new world, he'd've left his footprints as in the moon. Thoughtful. + Report this comment

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