A Touch of Desire

A touch of desire stirred hatred for colonialism
                    A touch of love turned into wrath and rage
                  It forced colonialism into human semblance
                 Then the tragedy abandoned color and racism
               And evolved into pure art of schemes and disguises
                    It pauses as intricacies of arithmetic and data
                          Today it thrives in blood and sweat of the poor souls
                                          the world allover
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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