Love Poem: Listen, People of the Lake
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Written by: Matthew Anish

Listen, People of the Lake

Our ancestors
lived short lives 
   They made tools 
out of rock 
  and images of the hunt 
      on cave walls
   The history of 
mankind is an 
    ongoing tale 
For ever since early hominids 
   began to leave the forest 
it has been an 
   uphill fight 
 The years have seen emdires rise 
   and fall 
   Kings and Queens d
living their lives 
   and as we all must 
   Doesn't it seed that the years 
have not been kind to our genus?
   WE now have the power to end the entire story 
   If we reach back into our past d
   We may well find 
the answer to our 
   dilemma 
Before the first weapon was mad
   Early man knew what love was 
We must find a way 
   to capture the 
  spirit of our ancestors 
      and use it to prevent 
   the end of our species 
It has been put in classic terms
   "We must love one another or die"