Without accountability there's no civilization,
For it is the line between human and animal.
Without integrity there's no civilization,
For it is the line between human and vegetable.
Without sanctity there's no civilization,
For it is the line between sanity and savagery.
Without amity there's no civilization,
For it is the line between humanity and machinery.
Without conscience there's no civilization,
For it is the line between order and upheaval.
Without character there's no civilization,
For it is the line between life and survival.
Civilization is a small word with a universe inside.
To unfold it requires a species without divide.