---Man's Pride
-M. Logan

Brought to ruin, torn asunder,
Long gone, the world we all once knew.
Ancient device, horrid wonder,
Knocking nature and man askew.

Darkened sky, man's wonders brought low
By greed, power, and loss of sight.
Sands that in broad, bright daylight glow
Silent testament to God's might.

Thought we were as powerful as gods,
When the world's wonders we controlled.
Silently, the old man now nods,
As the final chapter he folds.

For our youth, a legacy left
Of death, destruction, nuclear war.
Upon the face of the world's cleft,
The unmoving, unfeeling scar.

Man's pride has been his fall.
Mankind's pride is his fall.
Man's pride will be his fall.