Gaia was glad that the difficult phase
Of adolescent rebellion was over.
Her biosphere had finally recovered
From loathing and self-destruction.
She was moving again in the direction
Of self regulation and a salubrious complexity.
Her very promising brainy biped, the humans,
Had been through a rough period of adolescent aggressiveness,
Both with themselves and with other denizens of earth.
Finally they had learned the benefits of impulse control
And found ways to behave as a species
With harmonious restraint.
They were beginning to practice
Their role in asteroid defense
And cooling the planet.
As she told her friends in other galaxies,
Like any mother, she was relieved to see
That the life she had reared
Did not come from a bad seed.
