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by Afeez Adeyemi Adisa | |
Published on: Sep 16, 2004 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=4328 | |
Today... We've wider roads, but narrow minds More money now, but we're far less kind The buildings are taller but our tempers are shorter We've polluted the world and we drink bottled water Today... We love too slow and hate too fast The gulf between rich and poor is vast We can e-mail a message across the globe But ignore the old poor people across the globe They spend millions trying to conquer space Instead of conquering prejudice, hate and poverty We chat and text from our mobile phones Then sit in silence in our homes Watching disgusting and outrageous living condition of other people of the world We've more experts but less common sense We developed ammunitions to kill ourselves We spend millions on fruitless ventures while millions are living in complete poverty. Our sense of humour, sympathy and concern about other people is gone.. Absolutely gone! Criminals reassured of a lenient sentence If only they could see that love is the way There would be peace and understanding in this world today. « return. |