Millenium

Millennium

As the centuries clock clicks down to close,

At the end of millennium eve.

We look back at the past, then forward in time

With dreams of the things we'll achieve.

But as we take stock, of the lives that we lead

Can we be proud of our goals ?

For the chasing of wealth and corporate greed,

Is tearing away at our souls.

For what have we learnt, from the last thousand years?

It would seem that it's nothing at all.

The path that we tread sometimes fills me with dread,

For it's leading us straight for a fall.

On the streets of the world, as the revellers dance

There are homeless, dying and poor.

Diseases to cure, the hungry to feed,

But we don't give a dam anymore.

The rot has set in from right at the top,

Our leaders example is weak.

Be it church, be it state, they've just left it too late,

For it's money and profit they seek.

Now as time ticks us by, this millennium new,

Let's look through the gloss and the lies.

Forget all the greed and the media hype,

Lets look at the world through fresh eyes.

Forget what your told think for yourself,

Vote with an ethical stance.

So the next thousand years begin the right way,

With some hope; for those folk with no chance.

IAN WOOLGER?