The Reckoning
Have we not witnessed two centuries of hate?
Unspeakable horrors, on land and on seas,
Forced Democrarcy down on her knees
With barabric massacres and mindless waste;
Yet blinding Hatred brooks no debate.
Intellect revered, while Wisdom and Peace
Are held to ransom by plutocrats obese.
Undermined, Faith flees, carries no weight
When despots, demagogues, harangue the masses,
Slaves to gadgetry and consumer greed
Mammon rules with none to intercede
Over a planet bereft of natural resources;
Blithely blinkered in rose-tinted glasses
We ignore the Reckoning - it fast approaches.
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