Can the Vice be Broken

 

Am I crazy or is my perspective distorted

does civilisation advance into a new age of enlightenment

Are we more erudite or compassionate than before

or have we fooled ourselves or been fooled

 

Schools, academies and places of learning abound

people hanker after learning and to be taught

Science brings new cures and two worlds wars become history

is this the dawn of great advances for humanity

 

Have new thinkers, philosophers and writers come amongst us

as people all over the world interract on the internet

We travel to embrace one anothers cultures

to learn new languages and form bonds of friendship

 

Are we more tolerant than those who went before us

I wonder as my mind and heart are deeply troubled

Can it be that powerful world leaders once more prepare for war

that nuclear war heads are being stockpiled for possible annihilation

 

How can the abused so readily become the abuser

why are people dispossessed or demeaned by virtue of their identity

Perhaps our advance has suffered an impediment

as the corrupt and powerful with their media plan our ultimate destruction