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A new religion That can the future divine A new god That can tell us whence we came A nirvana of nonsense That only increases our ignorance A dismal wreck to people’s conscience We fight among ourselves To shed as much blood As a sacrifice to hatred requires We have long since forgotten What bits of our philosophy are true We rarely say to a brother “I love you” The latest craze Is a thirst for equality The building blocks are still the same Only a different caste Wanting fame Ambitions abound to make utopia A realistic goal The will exists In blinded enthusiasm Only checked by petty obstacles That flummox those Who cannot calmly take A long term view When change is being prescribes For any ills Mockery and mistrust Can saddle one with Spiralling doubts Causing a catastrophic implosion of will The comfort of familiarity Swaddles the mind tightly Preventing sightings of a future anew The strength to overcome must be conjured Out of a black-hole of anxiety A new set of myths is needed That promulgate ideas Which lay bare ones hand With no backing of reasoned empirical dogma That can slay some persistent doubts Selfishness often mires a good cause Those that scream for a revolution May only want self-interested change It is often impossible to know the enemy Who looks just like you and me Survival is essential For a battle royal Leaves no one standing The prize is of no use If none can claim it Change should be beneficial But Actions have reactions Goodwill can create Unintended disasters That no span of time can dissipate It might be that one day We will all get along Till that day of peace We must struggle on
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