The Cost Of Capitalism Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

To the human face
Capitalism has created trouble
All kinds of emotions have nested there
Some corrosive and full of venom
And others full of sorrow and tears
Destroying the ability to smile and laugh
Erecting a permanent wall of defence
The human face has been turned into a shield

To the human hands
Capitalism has created a tool
To dig through the tunnel of hope
Or bury the tears of suffering
To handle the pressures of business
Or punch the face of the enemy
Creating an unstable weapon
The human hands can caress you
Or arrest you

To the human mind
Capitalism has created a landmine
Not fully buried or exposed
The human mind has created both fear and hopelessness
Puncturing the veil of our tranquillity
The human mind is ever submerged in thoughts
Thoughts of selfishness, deceit and anger
Found their way into our heads
To torment our substance of being
To create a ripple effect of pain, fear and sorrow
To the human race
Capitalism has exposed the gullibility of the human psyche
Very easily tempted and full of selfishness
The human psyche is full of uncertainty
One minute it's embracing Love
The next moment it is committing atrocities
All in the name of power and money
The human psyche is not nourished by the pot of materialism
The human psyche is destroyed by all the modern technological achievements
Falling deep into the abyss
The human psyche is a ticking time bomb
Whether nuclear holocaust
Or climate change
The human psyche will bury us one day

Unless we change our ways
And find our true self
Capitalism is going to destroy us one day

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