Time Passes Cherub Child Youth Ages Poem by Terence George Craddock

time passes
cherub child
youth ages

time passes
the innocence

of adored served
waited upon
carefree limited

expectations
childhood

shifts
into increasing
teenage

adulthood demands
responsibilities;

if the world valued
qualities true blue
of virtue, character,

a good heart
more and essential
qualifications

less,
perhaps
talents

abilities
of all lives
would

be protected
developed
integrated

into time
more harmonious
societies;

book skills
life skills
differences

people wage slaves
regimented cogs
in industrial machines

wearing brand clothes
working cloned jobs
stamp requirement skills

no thought given
to developing innate
individual abilities

unique inherent talents
which might have blessed
enriched culture societies;

with real lost skills
innate never discovered
developed realized

better lived lives
happier healthier workers
better insink societies

profit greed tuned systems
attack worker disposal incomes
selling bean counter woes

insatiable greed unsated
thirst terrible never quenched
greed pitch fever undiluted

cherub child destinies
born gold spoon silver spoon plastic spoon
no spoon opportunities

souls born poor can live enlightened lives
souls born rich can live despot greed slaves
wisdom define a recipe for happy souls


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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