Prosperity and poverty
Hunger for food has been met;Hunger for love has set in.
Hunger for power has been met;
Hunger for ethics has set in.
Hunger for lust has been met;
Hunger for faith has set in.
Thirst for knowledge has been met;
Thirst for innocence has set in.
Thirst for contacts has been met;
Thirst for concerns has set in.
Thirst for comfort has been met;
Thirst for compassion has set in.
Love, ethics, faith lost,
Innocence, concerns and compassion missing,
Despite food, power and lust,
Despite knowledge, comfort and compassion,
The soul will die a slw death
Long before the body succumbs.
The world will not die of poverty
But it will sure die of prosperity.
25.07.2008
Poetry by Shanmugam
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Written on 2008-08-08 at 12:06
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