Spiritual Starvation Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

At the heart of the world today
Slithering in all manner of pomposity
Selfishness has impregnated the human race
Poisoning the well lubricated womb of humanity
Injecting the most powerful and wealthy
With a potent illicit drug of egoism
And subjecting the poor and vulnerable
To a world of poverty and disease
A life full of misery
Selfishness occupies the highest seat of human reasoning
Cultivating corruption, deceit and moral degeneration
Opening a rift between the poor and the rich
Inflating the balloon of inequality
And bringing hopelessness to the dining table of the middle class
It is this epidemic of selfishness that has decapitated the strong body of humanity
Unleashing an era of spiritual starvation