Greed: A poem 

What indeed sets the human race apart 

What haunts it, what is truest to its heart 

Dreams and aspirations guide it to much progress 

But a surfeit of these is only a decadent regress 

Because when greed sets in, injustice reigns 

The snare of lust is what causes man to deign 

Coveting what is not to have only causes strife 

Ambition coupled with greed makes misery rife 

For increments must not be pursued for selfish gain 

Then everyone is besieged by overwhelming pain 

The pursuit of more can take you on a material pace 

Not knowing that such greed is only a vacant space 

For acquisitions are only worth the short life’s run 

You can’t take them with you once death beckons 

Altruism not greed should be what stokes the fire 

This is the one gift that humanity should truly aspire 

On a personal level, one should be verily grateful 

For the little one has, and not let avarice rule 

For sheer riches lie in the inheritance of spiritual purity 

That is the silent but loud calling of God’s blissful eternity