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| "A frontier to conquer, a destiny to fulfill..." |
The Void - Man Rises and Conquers.
The road to total dominion is a road traveled by few
Those who had done so before faced total calamity
Even the mighty dinosaurs - victims of a threat insurmountable
A world turned to ash, their empire left in fragments
Yet Man took up this weighty mantle, ready to continue
On the foundations of old, the modus operandi:
Divide and conquer, spread out and take over
All the known world, no matter what
And so it was that fledgling Man continues his Great Conquest
At first, a collection of savage tribes, wandering great unknowns
Travelling the land, ultimately settling down
Creating the first settlements; something other species have failed to emulate
Tools were built - to make Man's hardships more tolerable
Food was grown, and beasts were tamed
Man's strength grew immensely, his intellect unmatched
By the mightiest beast or the smallest insect
He was king of all he surveyed, emperor of his land
Yet still, his ingenuity knew no bounds
Monuments of wood became obelisks of stone
Ever more durable, more resistant to the decay
That permeated and sunk into ordinary men's lives
A decay that failed to rot the hope and ambition
That kept the engines of progress marching on.
The stones themselves heralded the birth of metal
A truly malleable material, fit for Industrial Man
To begin bending the world to his unassailable will
Machines and mighty wonders were built, to help cement Man's place
In this world, to leave behind a lasting legacy
Earth itself was Man's domain, the resources inside vital
For Man's continued growth and survival in this harsh, cruel world
That still lay untamed, with lands yet to be sloughed
A frontier to conquer, a destiny to fulfill
If Man's job was to rule, he exceeded it in spades
Gone was Nature's dominion over Man; where once
One would need to spend hours hunting for food
Man could do all these things effortlessly, giving himself
More time to better himself and improve the lives of his brethren
Birthing law and order, even curing rotting plagues
Educating generations both old and new
Creating locomotives faster than pure-bred horses
Yet still, there was much that needed to be done
And many more things that made life unfair;
Prejudice based on race
Prejudice based on gender
Prejudice based on creed
Much needed to be done to better Man's domain
And that change would come, at the hands of the many...
Slowly, steadily, the blights of old
Began crumbling down, one by damned one
The monarchies that ruled with fists of iron and silver tongues?
Either brutally overthrown or made defunct by democracy
Totalitarian regimes with ambitions to conquer the world?
Either forced to surrender, dissolved from within, or slowly isolated.
Even prejudice itself took many mighty hits
From individuals who sought to better life for themselves and their fellow humans
No matter what the cost, to themselves or their lives
Of course, many advances were made that granted Man with
Unstoppable weapons and bombs of ultimate destruction
That defiled the land and destroyed all life
Even chemicals that strangled indiscriminately, without passion or remorse
Man's blood-lust was tempered, if only momentarily
For the superpowers of the world all focused separately on one goal
To reach for the stars, to land on the Moon
Man's dream became reality, and he took one small step
That became a giant leap for all Mankind
Music brought waves of pleasure to rich and poor
From the disco of the eighties to the grunge of the nineties
Uniting people in a way never done before
Forming bonds that would be galvanized by the then-newborn Net
Now, a Union crumbled, and States rose to providence
And although focus stagnated, and many lost hope
Momentum would pick up, and Man's diaspora marched on.
The very fabric of life was tested in this experimental new age
New power sources found, splitting the atoms of elements
Became commonplace, yet this was not enough
To sate Man's ever-growing hunger for more and more energy
Human ingenuity would reach its pinnacle and beyond
As the very process which drives stars was harnessed for good
Quelling the hunger, slaking the need for energy
To power machines that could do the unthinkable;
Think for themselves, and aid Man in his grand quest
To continue his diaspora, and spread out among the stars
His world now subjugated, his sight turned to the sky
A vast, endless frontier, ripe with opportunity
Fractured, Man would get nothing, so together
Entire nations came, the divides that kept them apart forever sealed
In the face of a common objective, a desire which encompasses
All minds, no matter how feeble or strong
March forwards to the birth of a new tomorrow
A day in which all humans are free and equal
The divides of today confines to the annals of history
Now together for the first time, we can continue
To fulfill our Manifest Destiny, and take our place in the stars
For if we are alone in this harsh Universe
It is our duty to tame this mistress, and bring her to submission
It is Man's time to shine - and make your existence count.
Source of sunrise image: http://wallpaupers.com/dps-bali-sunset-over-java-island-from-aircraft/
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