Mankind

• Buddhi Pathirage, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2013

Mankind is one type of kind
Who has developed a master mind
With all their knowledge combined
Humankind has the world redesigned.
With many, many expressions
Man has left clear impressions
Even though he caused the great depression
It's done and he has learnt his lesson.
We invent heaps and heaps
For man's never ending needs
From things like A4 sheets
To machines like submarines.
You might think lions are scary
But no, they are just hairy
Having the word 'war' in the dictionary
I think is scary and unnecessary.
I'll go down on my knees
so everyone freeze and listen please
Work together like buzzing bees
Be a clever chief, not a thief.

As my dad always says:even the tiniest thing,
Can affect the wide world heaps and heaps!