In a Perfect World

So many sick rivers Of pain, shock and shiver Flow from longstanding wounds Of soul-chopping depression that surround Many islands next to you and me As a consequence of the malady Our development system is trapped in Because of the flaws within In Kolkata the other day Collin in sheer dismay Accepted the unacceptable truth That his son cannot have the fruit Of higher education in a star college As he cannot afford the package He could have been Another Stephen Hawking Phillip in Nairobi Is forced to lobby With corrupt controllers of the system For his free cancer treatment Nevertheless stays encumbered His days are numbered He has no wherewithal To go to a better hospital In Mexico The blue sky of girls destitute Get imprisoned in dark cells No, actually sheer hell Of flesh trade A huge global population Is demented The world is fragmented Gravely disproportionately Right from the ages of amoeba Till today’s human ova Trees are stripped of their bark Stark naked a major part of the world In frustration I sometimes do scream Nevertheless dream too For a perfect world Enabling all to unfurl Leaving none deprived Of a health-packed miniscule yellow sun On every breakfast dish And no hashish May be it will take Many more centuries to make An even ground For Prometheus unbound ------------------------------------------