rational ethics
they say ethics are a joke,
just a mess of ancient rules,
cultural codes or worse —
some alien tyrant’s laws
etched in stone, backed by fear,
like we only behave
to dodge hell’s fire,
to keep ourselves safe.
but when you’re driven by fear
all you do is survive,
your morality shrinks —
a shadow of what it could be,
clutching tight to self-preservation,
you avoid pain, yes,
but do you reach out?
do you build, uplift, create?
you don’t touch the stars
when you’re locked in a cage.
science, though —
it opens the door.
it says we are starstuff,
blood rich with iron forged
in the hearts of giants,
calcium in bones that once belonged
to the sky,
carbon in minds
that stretch across light-years.
we are the cosmos,
the universe thinking itself,
and in that knowing
a deeper morality is born —
not for fear of punishment,
but because to harm another
is to harm yourself.
you see, I am you,
and you are me,
each of us woven
into the fabric of everything.
when I give, I receive,
when I lift, I rise.
heaven is my father,
earth my mother,
and every being
my brother, my sister,
we are one family —
even the smallest creatures
have a place in this grand design.
so why live small?
why fear when we can know?
in the heart of the universe,
there’s no need for a list of commandments,
no cosmic police —
just the quiet truth
that what we do to others
we do to ourselves.
kindness isn’t a favor,
it’s self-care,
respect isn’t an obligation,
it’s the honoring of our shared soul.
rational ethics,
it’s in our bones,
written not on stone,
but in the stars.
to treat others well
is to tune ourselves to the harmony
of the cosmos,
to find joy in altruism,
a high in helping.
evolution knew this —
cooperation made us strong,
intelligence turned survival
into something deeper:
we thrive not just by existing
but by loving,
by connecting,
by knowing that in every act of kindness,
we touch the divine within,
we expand the universe itself.
this is the way —
rational, yes,
but also full of soul.
we do not live to avoid pain,
we live to create joy.
in this,
we truly become
what we always were —
the universe,
alive and loving itself
through every one of us.
