Conundrum

Surely it represents the ultimate
perversity in human nature
that in a world whose choices
are plentiful in their appeal to
fortune's auspices how many
among us make the conscious
decision born of free will to seek 
out the bleaker aspect of fortune's 
will choosing of their own agency 
to drown their souls in a false sense 
of insensate ecstasy; in so doing
despite dire warning of the outcome 
proving Darwin's declaration on 
survival of humanity. That choice 
viewed as superior to the genius 
of imagination and curiosity
leading sound minds to explore
alternate options whose promises
are sound and proven in reality.
In rejecting opportunity and a future
they succumb to the temptation
of a degraded life of misery and
pain whose inclination spirals ever
downward, in the infinite search
of mindless rapture, whose brevity
demands repeats until that time
arrives all too soon when life itself 
craves rescue, choosing to make 
of its presence a short duration.