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Dark days, dark ways

You will find,

The suffering of humankind

A quest to know, about our past

Cosmically seek,

How history repeats

[Carl Sagan:]

In our tenure on this planet,

we have... accumulated dangerous, evolutionary baggage,

propensity for aggression, ritual, submission to leaders,

hostility to outsiders,

all of which puts our survival ...in some doubt.

Amidst wars and fear, I search for truth

Superstition reigns, and idiocy gains

With skeptical means, I can show you proof

Religious bigotry hate, the catalyst of our doom

Try to find, the patterns in the chaos

The suffering is eternal

Ancient stains, knowledge reclaimed

So obtuse,

Our leaders who abandon truth

Some can see, what lies ahead

Knowledge decrease,

Ignorance plus tech equals us deceased

Try to find, the patterns in the chaos

The suffering is eternal

Look to find, the patterns in the chaos

Our search is in vain

Seeking out, the patterns in the chaos

The suffering is eternal

Need to find, the patterns in the chaos

To calm my soul, but it's in vain

Here me cry, the patterns in the chaos

Our only hope is each other...sigh