I don’t know if I believe or not
whether we return for another round
once our lives have ended
and we’ve been put in the ground
reduced to so much ashes or dust
scattered to the winds…
or sitting on a mantle
what I do know…
is the depths of cruelty to which man can sink
how terribly humanity treats other beings
animals and plants hunted to the brink
now endangered or extinct
if I must return to this world…
I’d prefer to come back as a human
given another chance to make amends
to learn more…
and try to make a difference
I love my cats and spoil them rotten
giving them plenty of attention and lovin’s
but I have no wish to become one of their kind
at the mercy of man…
and their potentially nasty minds
perhaps if I come back I’ll be able to reach them
teach them to do better…be better…
I don’t know if I can
but it’s gotta be worth a try
my only concern is that…I can’t be the first
can I?
how many lifetimes will it take before we finally learn?
to lead with compassion…
and treat every life as if it matters?
we cannot undo what’s already been done
but maybe…given a second shot
we can make this world more compatible
more positively inhabitable
give every life on the planet a brighter future
where existence is the only merit…determining worth
and humanity is seen at last…
as human…kind
humankind
Dry good ink
Bat