Month: July 2019

I Am, But Another Creature On This Earth

I am simple, yet splendid in my humanity. Human, with animalistic behaviors.  We crave. We desire. We love.  And, we destroy.  The predisposition to kill what we fear, hate or disregard is as evident in humans as, animals. A pride relies upon the lion king to protect, and yet, he will kill cubs not his own.  The cub born of his opponents blood, is a cub destined for death.  The lion kings pride -his to kill or protect. Humans don’t walk on four feet or jump on strong, oversized hind limbs.  Yet, we are no more significant than a blade of grass when we worship ourselves.  Unlike the lion king, we have the capacity for tenderness, self-sacrifice and love.  Reduced to selfish pride humans sometimes ignored, brushed off, or reinforced the right of choice. When mankind kills the unborn, either directly or circuitously, we are no better than the lion king, guilty of selfish pride. Life? Humans are people, not gods.  Mankind has determined life from the unliving.  The unliving have no heartbeat.  A fetus …