A Brief History of Homo Sapiens

Amidst conflicts after conflicts

Among individuals, nations and groups,

Amidst exploitation of humans by humans,

Amidst the slaughtering

Of thousands and millions in wars after wars

Often provoked by trivial reasons

And conflicts of interests,

Often provoked by the gods in heaven,

Often initiated by kings and rulers

For sheer power and wealth,

For Order and Justice as they see it right,

And God knows for what else.

Amidst grasp of Nature’s secrets

Through Science and Technology,

For comfort and destruction both,

Amidst explorations of space and the oceans,

Amidst the evolution of Cultures and Civilizations

Legal Systems, Political systems and Trading practices. 

Amidst the growth of the Industries,

Agriculture, the Arts and the Humanities,

Amidst theories of the How’s and Why’s

Of the universe and life on earth,

The How’s often through Science,

The Why’s often through Religion

With Spiritual Masters mediating

With intuitions from within

And revelations and commandments 

From gods and spirits galore.

Amidst explorations of space and the oceans,

Amidst Natural disasters galore 

And destruction of civilizations, 

Epidemics of disease-

Plagues, Small Pox, Cholera

Tuberculosis, AIDS and 

God knows what else.

How turbulent, how puzzling 

And yet how fascinating

It has been thus far, 

The history of the Homo Sapiens Race.