Imperfect World

IMPERFECT WORLD Oh! What a terrible beast The great serpent that drifts from west to east The words from my mouth speak the pains I bear For we live in a world of injustice, inequality and despair Everything in life was once the design of the creator But now man tries to take over the role of the creator But who is the creator I cannot explain Who is God because I know not his true name? Is He an invention of man’s ignorance? Or did He invent man with ignorance? Avarice has enslaved the conscience of men And there is total absence of tolerance from now to the end The earth was once free for us all to enjoy But now we treat our fellow man like a common toy The Haves and the Have nots The slaves and the free The man that I am and the man that I may never be Man created evil Evil is not of nature The lamenting fool says it is Lucifer’ doing Anytime he confronts a gloomy future You have sapped the earth and there is nothing left But dust and ashes Brought about plagues with terrible rashes When I was hungry I could not eat because of you When I was thirsty There was no water for me to drink Because of you When I was naked I had no robes to wear because of you When I needed advice there was no one to whisper in my ear Because of you What justifications have you? For Jacob to have everything While Esau has nothing For millions to die of starvation While a few have silos filled with grains to last them a thousand generations. Peter steals an apple in the market place to feed his dying children And his hands are hacked off by his own brethren Paul the merchant steals from his people And they call it fair trade When a wretch steals from Paul He calls it a highwayman’s raid Justice is like a blind traveler Trying to find her way home with a sword for a stick Little did she know that she was heading for a pit that is deep! Scarlet trees of blood Subhumans exploited forever Kings are born And so are slaves But we share a common destiny in the graves