Humanity

I have an unshakable faith in humanity.
Now, many would argue that people tend to be the worst that they can be
Selfish, lazy, and filled with apathy
Consumers whom consume without thought
Sheep whom follow blindly
Forever marching towards our mutual ends because people cannot see beyond themselves.
People are driven by their selfish needs, and refuse to help others unless it benefits the self.
This is a world run on game theory, and this world is nothing but games
And everyone is playing to win, and only one can win

It's dog eat dog in the minds of many
and Humanity is doomed because
we are cannibals
Not in the physical sense
but one spiritually
We feed on each others' souls,
exploiting the labor of others
and extracting sustenance from their struggles
The misfortune of one is the benefit of those above him
And those down below clash with each other and
prey upon everything weaker than themselves

Some say we are
vampires sucking the life blood of the planet dry
Destroying the Earth we came from in a misguided attempt to control it
Humanity is a parasite,
one that has been around for a long time
And it's grown so large it has become a threat to the host in which it feasts
Forests are cut down, landscapes destroyed
entire environments decimated in the name of expansion and growth
Even as a species, humanity cares only for itself

But I believe in the contrary,
Humanity is not lost
It is far from the evil that humanity's doubters proclaim it to be
Humanity does not tend towards its worst
Humanity tends towards its
Best

If you look carefully at the world around you
You will find heroes and heroines everywhere
People who will sacrifice their well beings for others around them
All you need to do is look, and watch, and wait

You can see it in the eyes of the children,
How they laugh and play without noticing the differences between each other
How every year they grow closer and more tolerant of those different from them
The words they speak and the actions they take carry no contempt
and no hate.

You can see it in the eyes of the parents whom laugh with their children on long train rides home
Whom just got off work but never fail to share a moment of joy with their child
And though the day may have been bad for either one of them,
None of it matters because of the love shared between them

You can see it in the working class
Those whom struggle to make more and to make ends meet
Be so generous to those less fortunate because they know what it means
to be treated like dirt in the street

You can see it in the average person who feels that they should do more with their time
Because helping themselves alone feels empty
And putting away unpaid time for a cause is just as important
as making money

You can see it in the rich who invest in cures and causes
Not just for PR but because
they see a problem and are trying to solve it

Human society was built on cooperation
Altruism is our predisposition
Empathy is our mission
Love is our condition
Even child soldiers and the masses of people whom are broken
Do not become the villains they were thought to
Most fight against the urge to harm others the same way  they were taught to
Because in the end they know only together can we make it through

We are doing more than ever to fix the mistakes we've made
We are cleaning up our messes and asking for forgiveness
We are righting the wrongs of our ancestors and ensuring we do not repeat them
And though we may never be able to repair what has been broken completely
We are mending what we can and building our world  anew

Because you see,
The evil in this world
The evil in humanity is really ignorance and apathy
Both are inert states of energy that misguide and lead us astray
In the end, the worst in people is an anomaly
A symptom of something gone wrong
And we are all trying desperately
To fix it.