The Anthropocene Epoch
An Odious Sentiment
Mankind's vicious kiss upon Earth
Our detriment of the planet
The destruction we have wrought
The biological reconfiguration, a deformation
Our planetary waste
Our planetary disgrace
A dying land of the soon to be extinct
To what ends are we willing to survive?
None, to save our Earth so far we've shown
So we peer at the heavens, to the cosmos
Should the stars be the answer?
To become the scourge of Sol
To conquer another world in our brutal hands
A diseased race, killers and squanderers
Have we the right to try again?
To reach for the universe, the galaxies and all their glory
To survive is to abandon
Can we be trusted to learn from our mistakes?
To spread humanity’s fingers outward bound
To rape and pillage another world as we have Earth
Mankind has begot the end of our Anthropocene
The swift end of our Epoch
Soon to be nothing but a crumbling breed, a dying seed
I've accepted my place, a member of the declining human race
About the Creator
Dakota Rice
Writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and a little Horror. When not writing I spend my time reading, skiing, hiking, mountain biking, flying general aviation aircraft, and listening to heavy metal. @dakotaricebooks
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This was such a wonderful poem! Loved it!