From single cells we first emerged, A world of wonder soon converged, Our bodies changed to fit the earth, And with each shift, a new rebirth.

For eons, we roamed the land, And then we stood, erect and grand, Our brains grew bigger, our tools refined, And soon we conquered, unconfined.

But as we rose, we also fell, The earth around us became a hell, Our greed and need, we could not quell, And in our wake, destruction did swell.

Now we stand at the crossroads' brink, Our future teetering on the brink, Will we evolve, or will we shrink, Into oblivion, a forgotten link?

Our fate is in our hands alone, Will we learn, or will we bemoan, The state of our evolution, And the path we have chosen?