Frankenstein Of Materialism! Poem by RAJ NANDY

FRANKENSTEIN OF MATERIALISM

Present seems to be a continuous tense,
That flows like the river without pretence!
While we keep running with our created
Devil, - that Frankenstein!
Leaving our long cherished values behind;
As knowledge and skill accumulates with
time!
With no time left to fine tune ourselves,
Forever seeking our short-term gains,
Instant gratification now our life controls;
To that materialistic Frankenstein our life is
sold!
Whoever spoke about a hidden soul! ?
We claim to know better than those sages
of old!
Yet many a man his life has sold, -
For the glitter and glamour which they
behold!
But the benign Lord keeps waiting till the
end,
Hoping that erring mankind will one day
repent!
So that those lost souls can enter His fold,
Before that Devil of Materialism claims
its own! !
- Raj Nandy
11 Jun 08
New Delhi
(In Mary Shelly's novel she cautions humans trying
to 'over-reach' themselves in the age of Industrialisation!
Victor Frankenstein the creator is killed by his monster!)