HOMO SAPIENCE II 

                 

                    That we are here, we human beings, aware

                    Through our evolving sciences of all

                    We’ve come to comprehend, subtle and rare,

                    Must be regarded as our Rise, not Fall.

                    That tree of knowledge, tempting us from Good

                    By showing that it had an opposite

                    Is but a fable long misunderstood

                    Although a tenet of our Holy Writ.

                   “Knowledge is power,” as Francis Bacon claimed,

                   And yet, agreed, it may be misapplied;

                   Our homo sapience should be well aimed

                   With calculated wisdom as our guide.

                        Not only into knowledge must we grow,

                        But into sight that shows us where to go.

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