This was actually a lot better in my mind, but since it was all pictures and no words, I think I did well enough for myself. I got a little philosophical with this one, and a recent essay I had to do on the history of religion and politics helped me flesh out some of the vague historical references that get brought up. Hope you like!

DigitalPhantom

For eons, I have watched the human race grow and flourish, and I have watched, unable to interfere, as the human race has attacked itself. I have seen the genocide of races, the murder of countless millions, and I have watched as hatred and animosity shaped the world.

I have seen those who look beyond themselves try to raise their people above the base instincts by which they have acted, and I have seen these selfsame people slain for their beliefs.

All that is
Was
And will be

I have seen with my own eyes, eyes destined ever to watch over the eternal river of time, as humanity found its faith in the natural world. I watched as they found sanctity in nature and in life, and watched as they molded their thoughts into entities. I was present when the human race first began to call upon the gods, asking for bountiful harvests, pleading for the storms to cease, on their knees, begging for their children to be healthy and to grow strong.

I have seen them learn to use the land to bring forth the harvest fruits, and I have seen them pay homage to the lords of their harvests. Yet, in this, I have also seen them damn the gods, I have seen them cast curses at the sky, for the fortune and misfortune of the race was solely in the hands of the gods.

Universe
Much too big to see
Time and space
Never ending

I have seen nations war upon each other, claiming their right to rule was by divine ordinance, and I have watched as conquering nations cast down the statues of the gods of olden days for the gods of days to come.

I have seen civilizations disappear under shifting sands, rivers change their course and leave desolate wasteland where once were verdant fields, and through it all, they learned.

Moving from what they knew to what may be, they feared the new, but followed the path that lay, unseen, before them, hoping beyond reason that fortune would be theirs.

Disturbing thoughts
Questions pending
Limitations of human understanding

With each new ruler came new gods. With each new generation came the divine providence of rule. With each change in power came new rules, new laws, new ways of life. I watched as the ways of old were challenged, leaving the people in question until those who brought change were removed from power. I have seen the power of fear.

Spread across the continents, unaware for so many years of the existence of others, they grew, so alike in their paths, yet so different in culture, and yet, with time, as they came together, they understood their mutual need for each other.

Too quick to criticize
Obligation to survive
We hunger to be alive

Yet, that fear that began with the first strike of lightning and the first flare of fire still crept on silent paws throughout the lands, and change was ever slow, coming in only as fast as the thoughts of new could be upheld.

Nations rose and fell, power ebbed and flowed, and the world moved on in the celestial dance around the sun.

Twisting, turning
Through the never
All that is
Ever
Ever was

Great leaders arose only to have their power corrupt them, and mistrust began to sow as fear spread like wildfire. If someone was different, it was something to be feared. What would become of the native people if the foreign took over?

Will be
Ever
Twisting
Turning
Through the never

The greatest failure of man was not war, nor was it murder, nor was it power. It was the allowance of the propagation of fear. Illogical and irrational though they were, those fears were grasped in iron claws and held onto like the last tenuous threads of one’s lifeline.

In the dark
Speed past our eyes
Pursuit of truth
No matter
Where it lies

Years have come and gone, and war and pestilence has plagued the lands. Fear has caused many tides of negativity to wash over the human race, and numerous ideological arguments have led to bloodshed. The constant struggle to find what is the great truth is the goal of so many, though they never seem to attain that truth, no matter how hard they look.

Gazing up
To the breeze
Of the heavens

Through my windows upon their world, I have seen the streets run crimson with the intermingled blood of innocent and guilty. I have suffered the sight of children ruthlessly destroyed before they could even begin to experience their lives. I have fought back tears watching the bodies of those who did nothing wrong burn in hellish flames for crimes they did not commit. All for the sake of being different, these innocent souls were destroyed.

Humanity fears what it lacks the capacity to understand.

On a quest
Meaning
Reason
Came to be
How it begun

But throughout it all, I have seen something so great within the entire race.

There are those among them, sparks of hope among a sea of hatred and shadowed fear, always seeking to learn and to better themselves, risking their very lives for the sake of changing the world around them.

All alone in the family
Of the sun
Curiosity
Teasing everyone

I have seen whole nations reduced to the status of animals, and I have seen the worship of the living world demonized as servitude to a vile and demented Prince of Darkness. Yet, a shining beacon appears because of them, for they, despite all odds, find ways to move beyond, to become more than what the world considers them to be.

On our home
Third stone from the sun
Twisting, turning
Through the never

From the most corrupt and vile occurrences in human life, people have found the faith to band together, and in remembering the pain of the past, they seek acceptance in the future. Raising their voices in protest, their hands empty of all but signs, they have called out for change. Met with resistance, violence and foul language, they continued on in their own fight, and in their determination, people around them began to see the value of change, and the tide shifted.

All that is
Ever
Ever was

Fear still lingers, but change is always following, making the occurrences of the past nothing more than history, weaving a tapestry of hope of the future.

Will be
Ever
Twisting
Turning
Through the never

That single flickering candle of hope, the faint light in the shadows of that which is not understood, is the thing that keeps humanity moving towards a better future. And it is that tiny ray of light that makes life worth living for them all. Though there will always be things that are not understood, the human search for knowledge will lead them to the answers eventually, though it, like all things, will take time…and I will be there to see humanity reach its pinnacle, watch as the history is locked away in the past and all who live move forward as one unified race.

One day, black and white and Asian and Hispanic will no longer matter – all will regard themselves as human.

On through the never
We must go
On through the never
Out to the edge
Of the never
We must go

However, though I can see the timelines in which this does happen, I still believe that the day when this occurs is far off. There is still much animosity among the humans, and there are those that cling viciously to the past, ripping open the wounds again, letting them re-infect with the actions of the present. This caustic, gangrenous infection on the fabric of morality rends the interracial relations apart, leaving divisiveness where there was harmony, dissention and arguments where there had been a mutual acceptance for each other only moments before.

On through the never
The never comes
Twisting, turning
Through the never

I have only interfered once within the millennia, and the only reason I did was to stop Dan Phantom. I may have watched Danny grow up, but it was not for him that I broke the laws of the ancients. I did it because I could not let the events that would have taken place happen. You see, time may be a river, but it does not follow a set course. There are tributaries and branches, many paths that the winding waters may follow, and at each crossroads, I must sit back and watch as the human race takes another turn, be it for better or worse. The turn in the river that embraced Danny’s violent transformation ended swiftly, clear waters muddled with blood and the screams of his victims. Despite all the laws about non-interference, I would not sit back and watch your race, which has struggled for so many long years, be so violently ripped from existence. There is so much more awaiting all of you, and I cannot let that chance be cast aside.

All that is
Ever
Ever was
Will be
Ever
Twisting
Turning
Who we are
Ask forever

A confusing race you all are indeed, so ready to move forward to pursue your dreams, but just as easily dissuaded by the failures of the past. Just because you have heard of the old animosity gives you no rational reason to cling to those thoughts, yet you do it because you believe it is right. Playing the cards of the past to strengthen your hand does nothing for anyone, yet the idea that it should be done is so easily accepted. Until you learn that the only thing that can be taken from the past are lessons of what was done wrong, there will be strife among you.

Twisting
Turning
Through the never
Never

I will remain here in my tower, and I will watch you guide your people where the paths take you. I cannot promise to save you from yourselves, but I will do whatever it takes to give you the chances that you deserve. You, as an entire people, deserve nothing less than that chance.