The Dusk Before the Dawn

These days, when I think about the future, I see a lot of dark. But that dark isn't permanent. I see darkness that will lead to change. Maybe the 21st century will be more like Star Trek than we thought. Maybe these wars will tear this Earth apart and leave us with nothing, only to be reborn from the ashes into a new civilization. A civilization not of Romans, not of the English, or the American, or the Chinese, but a civilization of Humans. If that is the light that will come from the darkness, then I would be happy to live through that darkness.