It Would Have Been Enough

Had we accepted
That we had no “Manifest Destiny”,
Leaving others a right to chose,
It would have been enough.

We have seen the dog lie down
With the Polar Bear
And a duck befriend a kitten.
That should have been enough.

We have witnessed millenniums of war,
Fought not for survival
But for the right to proclaim a greater god.
That should have been enough.

We have learned that our planet
Is less then a grain of sand
In the Sahara in a universe will survive us.
That should have been enough.

We have split the atom and watered the desert,
But will kill for the deck chair
On the doomed vessel.
It will never be enough