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A soul moves through space and time
Breathing, heart beating
As it's inclined by fate or circumstance
To travel through life,
Among others of kind
Led as if by voices in the wind
...without beginning or end
In the beginning of human time...
When written word and language were far from commonplace
Our fertile, intelligent, albeit underdeveloped sense of mind
...ruled our actions.
We fought over things that mattered
To survive...
When we
As human creations
Began to act in ways more defined
Before good and evil divided us
Even across language barriers and racial lines
We developed strengths
Seeking to overcome
Our weaknesses
...to show ourselves
As people who cared
About people
If you believe in such things
Before there were concepts
Of studied forms of deceit
We reinforced bonds
Through our word
As we grew beyond
Familiar tribal ancestral roles
And later ...societal rules
As institutions were first realized
In trial and error... Training camps
For citizenship rights
By people who shared the wisdom gained through their lives
Leaving signs of their influence long after their day had passed
Its about making ties that help us to survive
Even to this day some still last
Even before there were graves
Or organized rituals,
We grew sideways
With knowledge of fire and horses
War machines, wheels and raising grain
Like observing the stars in the heavens
And knowing of the reasons
...for the seasons
Making places of higher learning
Havens of and for the ranking, wealthy or privledged
Unless you were one of the more fortunate people
Having family mentors who believed what they taught
Even risked their lives
Before the churches and schools took charge
Commonplace, as they are ...in this day,
Do we respect the process of learning
By being a good example
...living in the most honorable way
Yet, we still practice human sacrifice in wars beyond end...
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all stop and listen
To the wisdom that has come and gone
...like the song of the wind
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