Africa,
the overlooked continent
Was
explored and colonized.
Europe
crawled out of the dust of revolution.
Taking
over the world like infesting ants.
The
new nation of America wanted some of their own.
Yet
they were no match for Great Britain’s might.
Britain
took many lands for himself.
India,
Africa, North America, Central and South America, Australia, The Middle East.
All
given over to the crown.
Each
soldier planting their bloody flag into new territory.
Victoria
became queen bringing the world to her.
Proclaiming
herself India’s Empress
As
Disraeli crowned her.
At
home, while fossils were contemplated,
People
enjoyed the new “Oriental things”
That
were brought to them.
Men
from India assimilated
As
Tennyson welcomed his new British brothers
Rejoicing
in one voice,
“Britain hold
your own.”
They
thought the sun would never set on their mighty empire.
In
the coming years
They
will see that they were wrong.
Animals still ruled this new Eden.
They towered high
Proudly walking among tall savannah grasses
Surveying all they owned.
They lived comfortably on their throne
Lording over the smaller, weaker primates.
As they grazed on the tops of trees
The dreaded saber tooth
Stealthily hunted in the yellow sea of African grass.
Man was still the lowest on the food-chain
But he became a fierce competitor.
They lived in fear of the shadows among the golden points
Firmly grasping their stony blades
As they hunted the wild beasts.
Huddling together in their small groups,
Humanity tried to survive.
The welcoming trees that offered protection were long gone.
As the ice slowly moved down from the north
Grinding into the mountains.
Man began to move.
They left the warm womb of Africa and spread across the world.
Invading Asia.
Invading Australia.
Invading Europe.
Invading North and South America.
Mammoths put on woolly coats
Their coats would be no match for the pointed stones and red flower of man.
The mammoth fell.
Man became the extinction event.
They chased the mighty bear from his caves.
Then, to mark their territory,
They painted on the walls.
With the handprint as their symbol of defiance,
A spear that pierced the painted animal,
Man claimed the world as their own.
