Slay The Dragon Of Contra-Dictions Poem by Phan Thanh gian

Introducing:
Human civilization - a brilliant invention?
Or merely a sum of its diverse contradictory ideals?
We must save this, but we can destroy that...
Self-righteous deeds for self-serving aims.

Thus:
- Is human justice standing on a slippery scale?
- Meted out by the ruler: us, to the ruled: them.
- Today's friends will be tomorrow's foes?
- Foolish worshippers of primal egotistic instincts.

Maybe:
- There is more to life than the wheel of karma.
- We shall not merely live for the sake of survival
- Shall we then survive to serve a nobler calling?
- There is a quest worthy of a lifetime endeavor?