Gone are the days
when people lived
and died with respect.
Now reverence is spiteful
while money is wonderful
bringing in cheer and ostentation
shunning warmth and moderation.
Heightened by the wealth
people go about in stealth
trying to surpass one another
calling for a debate of each other
as who is powerful and wealthy
as who could spend extravagantly
and if one remains modest
remarking he be a miser to detest
continues the controversy
high and low in a situation trendy
arguments rise up and down
sometimes causing a frown
where sincerity gets stifled
and disdain rises up in trifle
sealing all changes securely
fastening the doors closely
caring something in a challenge.
creating nothing in a revenge.
Meenas Poems 