What is this "human spirit"
this mysterious, awesome thing?
It's basically an iron stake
to which the injured cling.
We're proud of our "resilience"
(our giant brains love words)
but frankly our self obsession
is verging on absurd.
Our spirit is definitely human:
that's obvious to me
but the spirit part is not unique!
It's in every bug, beast & tree.
The bushfires in Australia
are a case in point, I'd say.
Even now the bush is fighting back
to survive another day.
We think we're so clever
all our medicine and tools.
But climate change proves us
an ignorant bunch of fools.
So to applaud our mighty spirit
is impertinence at best.
We're just struggling along surviving
and making it harder for all the rest.
Written for Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Impertinent. Nov 25, 2020
Out of the Cave 
A great poem with a strong message. Alas we are not surviving – we are exterminating us and every living creature at an alarming rate.
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I love the independent spirit in these poems; stanza three is the killer one for me; memorably stated 🙂
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