What if this isn’t our first time alive?
Maybe the end of a long evolution.
We may have been born a fish, bird, or mammal
moving up with each death.

We’re reborn more complex
until re-entering as human
with a brain, voice, and choice.

Will it be the last stop or
will we use our voices and skills
to protect all creatures evolving
from  where we began?

How we help those below us
may decide where we go next –
maybe keep on evolving
or reaching the enc.