As Our World Fades Away

We are the evolving animal,
The one that grows in mind.
The one with unlimited potential,
In what our race can find.
Overcoming our emotions,
To pursue rational thought,
Though a beast waits deep inside,
Fighting the fight time has fought.
When the world weighs on us,
Infinite questions on our shoulders,
Will we be the one that breaks down,
Or faces life unwilling to hate others?
In every flaw of every person,
There is an opportunity to understand,
That what each person has become,
Was never really planned.
We are all writing books,
Novels of where we've been,
The sights, the sounds, the actions,
Influence of circumstance, family, friend.
When we most experience our nature,
When the volcano inside erupts,
Will we see the error in our ways,
That our emotions a corrupt?
No gesture made in anger,
Can ever further our race,
For no love survives in that emotion,
That only us, not time can erase.
So in your fitful hateful rage,
Find a truth in yourself,
That it's not power, money or greed,
It's love and kindness that's the wealth.
For only in a sober mind,
Can we see our destiny's fate,
Or lose our sense of balance,
As our world fades away.