Time and time again
Throughout the centuries
How many times

Must it be repeated?
A countless number
Of treatise

And all too few
Have absorbed their meaning


Regarded as prodigies
But You ignore the messages
Of these few

Perceived as honorable
And You can't find
The inner strength

To take to heart
Our responsibilities


And You have seen
The results from afar
Of perpetual neglect

Without a trace
Of empathy
So it will continue

That the words of wisdom
Will be ignored
Leaving us back

Right where we started
Wallowing aimlessly
In a world of ignorance