Imagine the vast difference
Of how humans might progress
Some seek conquest, treasure
Others seek knowledge
Most seek pleasure
Considering all our paths
Most possibilities allow
Potential to demonstrate
That most live in shadows
With only scant hope
Know way to know
The chances offered
Little personal agency
To accomplish any goals
So ask, what might we do
To achieve a greater result
Reaching for the heavens
While exploring the world below
Are we alive and enslaved
Or do we rise above
Do we descend from birth
Or rise above the curse
