Humanity
Humanity.
What is it really?
Is it a mother's touch? A peer's encouraging words?
Is it kindness? Is it mercy?
Is it simply life itself?
Is it something we can really define at all?
Some would say that humanity is dark
That it is cruel and unforgiving
That it is twisted and selfish
After all, is it not humanity that built the darkest of the dungeons in the medieval era?
Is it not humanity that still rapes, steals, and murders to this day?
Some would say that humanity is all that has gone wrong in the world
But can we really define it as such?
Others, however, would say that humanity is somewhere in the middle
That it is not benevolent and compassionate,
But neither is it cold and heartless
Humanity is like a pendulum; it swings to both extremes, but it also always rests in the middle
Humanity creates civilizations and it destroys it
Humanity makes life and it kills it
And it always exists between life and death
Truly, humanity is what each and every person makes of it
There are those who act solely for their own gain
And there are those who selflessly sacrifice themselves for others
What will you do with your humanity?
Humanity.
What is it really?
Is it a mother's touch? A peer's encouraging words?
Is it kindness? Is it mercy?
Is it simply life itself?
Is it something we can really define at all?
Some would say that humanity is dark
That it is cruel and unforgiving
That it is twisted and selfish
After all, is it not humanity that built the darkest of the dungeons in the medieval era?
Is it not humanity that still rapes, steals, and murders to this day?
Some would say that humanity is all that has gone wrong in the world
But can we really define it as such?
Others, however, would say that humanity is somewhere in the middle
That it is not benevolent and compassionate,
But neither is it cold and heartless
Humanity is like a pendulum; it swings to both extremes, but it also always rests in the middle
Humanity creates civilizations and it destroys it
Humanity makes life and it kills it
And it always exists between life and death
Truly, humanity is what each and every person makes of it
There are those who act solely for their own gain
And there are those who selflessly sacrifice themselves for others
What will you do with your humanity?
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Well done!