Transmutation Poem by C. P. Sharma

There was a time
when human values prevailed.
Life with all leisure
its boat sailed.

There were emotions
of love and regards
Relations were regarded
as life's coast guards.

The life moved slowly
but it ever glowed.
The values that matter
never did erode.

There was warmth
in every heart.
Peace of mind did
never ever depart.

New values were put
to the test of time.
There was in life
the rhythm and rhyme

In life, money had
a very little role.
With barter system
the life extolled.

How to tell,
how much the world has changed
The world has changed
beyond all range.

The man's money hunger
knows no bounds.
His crafty mind
even to God astounds.

All flora and fauna
now found in gardens and zoos.
Even the human brain will
now have screws.

Time is not away
if all this goes on,
when man will be
an object to amuse.

After all brain drain
in the robot's chain,
programmed mountebank
in show window pane.

Babies in test tubes
incubators will adorn.
Marriage will of its
charm feel shorn.

In markets, the pigmy
couples will sell
Then in showcase
The archaic humans will dwell