Unintended Suicide Poem by Mary Champion

The mesmerising music of Humanity -
the insanity
that leads us, day by day
to betray
the promise of our kind -
the mind
that tries to build us Paradise -
the prize
we thought was ours by right.

In spite
of everything we know,
we go,
like blinded blockheads blundering,
still wondering
why we seem to fail at every turn.

For all we learn,
we can't access the power,
this final hour,
to make a better choice.
The voice
of reason claims our ears,
but fears,
well founded and extreme,
can't seem
to persuade us of the need
to curb our greed;
to advance the common good,
a brotherhood -
the unity we claim
to be our aim.
 
For all this awesome intellect,
we still reflect
the uncontrolled deep ocean
of emotion,
that undermines our plans
and ties our hands.

Impotent, effete, sweet reason pleads,
but no heart heeds.