The Primeordial Principles For Living Poem by Tom Higgins

Enough I say!
If It would work then I would pray,
That for mankind to proceed,
There is now such a great need,
For us once more to be,
Where all of us can see,
A better way for all to live,
Where we do not have to give,
The whole of our lives to profit another,
Where each man is a brother,
Where all can live their lives with pride,
Where the law of capital doesn't decide,
Who can live with dignity,
And who in ignominy.
Where all are allowed a life,
Without poverty, fear, and strife.
We had this once before,
In the distant days of yore,
But somehow over the ages,
We have lost the wisdom of the sages,
And allowed self interest and greed,
To replace the simple fulfillment of need,
So we really need to reassess,
Ways we can recover from this mess.

The Plains Indians had a lasting culture,
That of the hunter, not the vulture,
In which each person had a real worth,
And they only ever took from the Earth,
That which they knew would grow once more,
Thus providing all they wanted for.
But then the 'civilised ' men came,
And they imposed their rules on the game,
They slaughtered the many million bison herd,
They promised 'fair treatment', but broke their word.
They destroyed the aboriginal way of living,
And replaced it with one so harsh and unforgiving,
That if a man can no longer toil,
He is tossed onto the heap of spoil,
From where it is so hard to leap,
Back to where he can keep,
His dignity, his sense of pride,
Without feeling the urge to hide,
From the shame he feels inside,
From being so casually cast aside.
Yes some ancient cultures saw the way,
To live happily day by day,
And did so for many thousands of years,
Without the burden of 'civilised ' fears,
That feed the desires, but never the 'soul',
Can mankind ever again be whole?

Tom Higgins 17/11/2012