Humankind rose
To discover, comprehend, love.
An animal beyond instincts
To hunt, mate, procreate.
To wander the boundless land,
Ensure endurance of the species
As natural selection selects,
Survival of the fittest.
Polygamy to increase possibilities
Until misleading deception
Grounding possessions
A square meter to cultivate,
Build, never to wonder again.
A home for two to keep
Properties to oneself.
Better warriors, are only once wed.
As wealth rises the poor bear wifeless,
Monogamy institutionalised
For equality and equity
Tax and fidelity,
Counting worshipers to blemish souls
So that each and every man loved
Only one, morally and legally prohibiting
To love one more.
Limits to a species that has none,
As some love humanity as a whole,
Each and every single being, recognising
The self in all.
 
[Featured painting: The Virgin, 1913 by Gustav Klimt]