Reincarnation says we return
again and again
until we get it right

What if this is true?
What will be here
when we come back?

Do we leave
our next selves
a poorer place?

An Earth
with no wild things
nor places primeval ?

Will our souls forgive us?
Or ask us to repair
the damage we have done?

Will it be too late?
Nothing to restore
Only memories of before

Memories in books
and pictures
of life abundant

Again and again
we return
mourning heaven lost

Too late to heal
Too late to get it right