The New World, The New Norms

World is drowning,

In an ocean of vices,

Deceit, anger,

Envy, chicanery,

Manipulation, betrayal,

Where all good that blooms,

Latent; only darkness prevails,

All good that blooms,

Lies broken in a gloomy corner,

Goodness; in every era wins over the evil,

While now the tables are turned,

A game where the good succumbs,

A game where the evil conquers,

Selfish desires over abnegation,

War over white flags,

Wrath over love,

Arrogance over humility,

All the love which tried to sprout,

Killed by weeds of hatred,

The rotten apples are chosen,

The good ones are thrown,

Rotten apples are golden,

Good ones are fungal,

We are taught to be smart,

Not by reading,

But by learning to manipulate,

We are taught easy ways,

Short routes, quicker lanes,

Earning money is the way,

Not earning love,

Rich becomes richer,

Poor persists to perish,

It has all become the game of money,

Money has replaced heart,

Materialism at the zenith,

Humanity under shackles,

Shattered was the dream,

Of a utopian world,

Where love was ubiquitous,

Copious and meaningful,

Chicanery; the way to go,

Lying; a habit to learn,

Manipulation; technique to success,

All these replaced,

Diligence and grit,

As ingredients to success,

As we live in such a world,

Where being good is a problem,

Being rotten is the solution,

Where we are coerced to lie; a thousand,

Where we are asked to be,

Selfish and greedy,

Or else we can't survive it seems,

Where we are taught,

The way of life; deceit,

Where money gains primacy,

Over humanity and happiness,

Where we become used to,

All the injustice,

Which is force fed to us,

Yes we are gulping it in agony,

We live in a world of anxiety,

Where the good wilts,

Too fragile to digest,

The fact that what rots,

Is not rotten,

And what blooms,

Is not beauty,

Reading stories of,

The good winning over the evil,

Celebrating their victories,

In festive spirit,

But all have lost meaning,

In this new world,

With new norms,

The new order,

The world's new desire,

For me to change,

From an innocent soul,

To a monstrous beast,

From having simple desires,

To having materialistic ones,

From being magnanimous,

To being pusilaninmous,

From believing in peace,

To believing that everything,

Could be achieved,

With wrath and war,

From being a naive kid,

To being a master of manipulation,

From honesty,

To sugar coating,

From kindness,

To insolence,

From humility,

To hubris,

From dharma,

To deceit,

From a fragile heart,

Wait, you should not have a heart,

Yes the rule book says so,

Follow it,

With all your heart.