Prometheus’s Fire

Prometheus’s fire is going out

After thousands of years alight

After thousands of years of bringing us wisdom

It is finally giving up the fight

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Prometheus’s fire is dimming

The cause to it is clear—

Our willful ignorance and misinformation

Is bringing the darkness here

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Prometheus’s fire is going out

And we’re the only ones to blame—

With each book banning and silenced educator

We stifle more of the flame

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Prometheus’s fire is dimming

And we are plunging into darkness

Some of us willingly, some of us forced

Into the Dark Ages’ blackness

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Prometheus’s fire is going out

And we have no way to stop it

Unless we find a way to reign in the uptick

Of the mental suppressors and the ignorant