Shall I Compare ----

Shall I compare our ways with former days, Before our craving for more and more gain Took root and grew in us our greedy ways, Worshipping Mammon in consumer game. Hoping happiness, pursuing pleasure, Dazzled by gold our eyes now near to blind. Wanting wealth in ever increased measure, We hanker after profit of all kind, But we heed not the rule that warns of greed And which kept balance for all life on earth. In former days we simply took for need And knew it wrong to plunder all that’s worth. So long as we are here and roaming free We grab the gold, leave nowt for thee, then flee.