Pursuing

Oh how silly is mankind?
He laughs in the face of danger.
Sings in the face of death!
And cowers at the face of joy.
Bewildering creature it has become,

Defined.

Nonetheless,
Derivative each generation.
Timeless in the pursuit of happiness,
That can never be attained...
by those pursuing.
Mankind will diminish,
Fail to continue on,
But life will pursue