King Austin - Progress

Today as I look around in the world what do I see?
I see
Footprints that man has left
On the sand
While walking through time
I see, fruits of our ambitions
Figments of our imaginations
And I ask myself
When will it end?
When will it end?
It is plain to see universally
This land is not as it was
Simply because
In his quest for success
Nothing stands in man’s way
Old rivers run dry
Soon the birds won’t fly
The mountains will no longer be high
And I wonder why?
I see charity deplored
Equal rights totally ignored
Wisdom and ingenuity working in accord
Simply to afford such inventions
As thermonuclear warfare
And environmental warfare

And I wonder now
Where do we go from here?
Prophets everywhere
Gaze upon the horizons
And declare that judgement will come
As the savage hands if unscrupulous men
Defile everything passing by
Time is running out
As we eat and drink
Species on the brink of being extinct
And I think
No one can deny
The price of progress is high

I see consciousness abate
As today we live recklessly
Money makes egos inflate
And thereby creates
A turbulent state

I see a struggle
Between the sexes
New hang-ups and old complexes
Now the question is
Right in context
What shall happen next?

I have already seen
The world has become divided
Between race, colour, creed and class
And some things
The scripture predict
Truthfully come to pass
Soil that wouldn’t bear
Children making children
To be part of the growing mass
And I ask…

If this is progress how long will it last?