TOWARD ACCORD

(as a Spenserian stanza)

When we investigate our earthly stages,
For all the progress of our human kind,
Despite the rare exception of our sages,
We see it’s conflict toward which we’re inclined.
Yet may it be we might be redesigned?
That either with improvement of our schooling
We can enhance our qualities of mind,
Or else through science achieve our brain’s retooling?
All conflicts must resolve in true accord,
For given our perilous powers, more wars we can’t afford.

(as a sonnet)

When we investigate our earthly stages,
For all the progress of our human kind,
Despite the rare exception of our sages,
We see it’s conflict toward which we’re inclined.

Yet may it be we might be redesigned?
That either with improvement of our schooling
We can enhance our qualities of mind,
Or else through science achieve our brain’s retooling?

For somehow we must quell our lust for dueling
And turn our conflicts to cooperation;
The way of strife is graceless, gruesome, grueling,
And only harmony can bring elation.

All conflicts must resolve in true accord,
For given our powers, more wars we can’t afford.

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