The Important Business of the World

The important business of the world goes on

In this an age of anonymity,

The time of small entrepreneurs is gone

Lost to a faceless corporate entity.

Unmasked it is but greed that fuels this fall,

An unconcern for quality and care

Apathy towards the good of all,

Impersonal, egregious and unfair.

Our life has changed and each unconscious choice

Effects the fabric of our human dress,

Fanatic sects to evil's play give voice,

Man suffers from the soul's enforced duress.

Computers unite us and cell phones keep us close,

What need of vague telepathy have we

Or the spirit's communion from which all meaning flows

When in an instant human history

Can be accessed from one small compact disc,

Or surfing through the Internet we find

Fulfilment of desire without risk

And the sordid legacy of humankind.

Why then this vain pursuit of heaven's spheres

When mind is sated by its eloquence

And body lasts beyond a hundred years

Sustained by brilliant medical advance.

Why do we feel when all the world is ours

A hollowness lodged deep within the heart

Attempting human unity through wars,

Ourselves a small and insignificant part

Of a vast unknown and overwhelming plan

Or meaningless whirl of a tiny dot in space,

Still more inclined towards animal than man

And often occupying a lesser place.

Yet all the necessary tools are there

Awaiting a definitive turn within,

A place beyond millennial despair

The meaning of our human origin.