A Sonnet To Mankind

The people slowly pass me by
I sit here and watch them go
Absorbed in their own little lives
I wonder what makes it so
Humans are wondrous creatures
Dexterous, agile, gentle and cruel
A volatile mix of emotional’s
The creatures once raised on gruel
Life, the conflict of death and birth
The continual challenge to remain
Humans’ naivety, the creatures’ instinct
The gutter symbolic of the legacies gain
The rush of life, the people hurry past
The humans’ legacy continues, will the creatures’ last?