Leopard and Carpenter

The Leopard and the Carpenter

Discussed philosophy

What was meant by the meaning of life

At what it all could be

The Carpenter talked of grand design

Of consciousness and truth

Shaping the world to fit us all

And individual growth

The Leopard thought long and hard

Of how he lived his life

Changing of the environment

And his continual strife

‘Consciousness has damned my world

Given me no choice

Within the years I’ll be extinct

No longer hear my voice’

The Carpenter looked at his shoes

Then over the Leopards head

He could not look him in the eye

At a Leopard that was dead

The Carpenter thought deep and wide

His vision of the world

Of changing shapes and moving times

As life ahead unfurls

At last he answered gravely

‘I understand your thoughts

but life is constantly changing

that is what we’re taught.’

The Leopard faced the Carpenter

For in that truth he knew

He didn’t have a consciousness

To see a future view

He had no creativity

By instinct he survived

But the destruction of his environment

Left him nowhere to hide

Man now ruled the universe

Shaping always new

Consciously creating

A world that he thought true

Extinction of the species

Was part of nature’s plan

To put in place human Gods

The rest of life be damned

Leopard turned and walked away

Truth had bit him in the arse

For he was part of history

A relic of the past

The Carpenter began to build

Visions in the air

A paradise of pure thought

Which only Gods would share.