Humans

Greetings humans People of Earth, you are highly evolved beings You have come a long way Since you first picked up tools, 3.3 million years ago We watched from above As you rose on two legs and wandered the Great Rift Valley With opposable thumbs and axes of flint We watched you harnessing fire With self-awareness and a humour that accelerates Every generation with the sudden spark of a brilliant idea Farming leads to cities Without hurting nature, hunt and gather You develop language and art Exploit surrounding resources, irrigating Cisterns for water, giver of life Ever-present music is bending you and evolving Creating brain activity Written language fills your ever-swelling libraries You educate your young, enforcing empathy Scientific method, philosophy, medicine Discover laws of physics and mathematics Harness electricity, engineering, computing Splitting atoms and reaching interplanets