Prosperity and poverty

Hunger for food has been met;

Hunger for love has set in.

Hunger for power has been met;

Hunger for ethics has set in.

Hunger for lust has been met;

Hunger for faith has set in.

Thirst for knowledge has been met;

Thirst for innocence has set in.

Thirst for contacts has been met;

Thirst for concerns has set in.

Thirst for comfort has been met;

Thirst for compassion has set in.

Love, ethics and faith lost;

Innocence, concerns and compassion missing,

Despite food, power and lust,

Despite knowledge, contact and comfort,

The soul will die a slow death

Long before the body succumbs.

The world will not die of poverty

But it will sure die of prosperity.

25.07.2008