Life Reclaimed

Man is predestined

to destroy his world

Consciously damning

‘free choice’ unfurled

An apex predator

upon himself

No rhyme or reason

or logic dealt

Self-destruction

his stock in trade

His nature foreign

to all else made

Killing his brothers

killing his sons

Shakespeare prescient

of what’s to come

Time irreverent

he never learns

What sets him free

his folly spurns

The clock is running

the hour late

His words now toxic

and filled with hate

And when it’s over

but one thing changed

A new world order

—with life reclaimed

(Bryn Mawr College: June, 2023)