greed enriches no one
greed enriches no one
the act of plundering thickens
our skin and our waistline
makes us sullen and grasping
we surrender our place in the glorious
diversity that surrounds us and, worse,
despoil and deplete it so what we pass
on to the next generation is a mere
shell of what we were given
each generation needs its own
humble appreciation and maturity
to assume responsibility to sustain
the richness of our Earth
each person needs to do what he can
to heal what greed has stripped of joy
even for the ‘me’ generation
which of us, when our child asks
for bread, would hand him a snake?
