Consciousness

If we wouldn’t kibitz
with consciousness
I would have liked to be
reborn as a human being

religion, science, culture,
business, education are
whizzing at the entire race
with divisions, decay, and
off-colour differences

people fighting in families,
communities, and countries

I’m not as lucky as those
bards who’d sing of praise
with words of accolades

no, I wouldn’t like to be
reborn with the weight
of depraved awareness