Bernard Shaw - Evolution For Kids

Evolution For Kids

In the beginning Magma as in the broiling Sun,
Then the Cosmic explosion, the Planets had begun.
Fiery balls of Matter thrown into Space,
With nothing but Gravity to hold them in place.
The long cooling process of the outer shell,
Millions of years went by a very short spell.
Gasses composed of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon dioxide,
Not even a tiny Microbe had a place to hide.
Fierce storms of thunder and lightning bold,
Getting the Planet ready as the Crust turned cold.
Gasses mixed together H2O and Water was born,
Water that nothing on this Earth could scorn.
Vast Seas and Oceans evaporating to cause rain,
Another Cycle of life without which all would be in vain.
The Earth shuddered the beginning of the early Earthquakes,
Torrential rains continually forming huge inland Lakes.
Meteorites hit the newly forming Earth,
Bringing from Outer space Spores that promised birth.
Slowly over millions of years of chaotic force,
Amoeba and plankton developed in due course.
Millions more years went slowly by,
With the light of the Sun filling the Earthly Sky.
Ferns and Trees of wondrous shapes,
Covered the Earth with their varied green capes.
Life developed in the Oceans, Primitive indeed,
Each individual one carrying the Evolutionary seed.
Then the Amphibians ventured onto the dry land,
Early forms of Creatures did ever expand
The Apes in the trees were very prolific,
Some ventured onto the ground and that was terrific.
From primitive Apes to modern man,
One very short step in Natures bounteous plan.
Civilizations following one after another until this very day,
Homo Sapiens or modern Man has come here to stay.