EIGHT QUESTIONS
who can possibly find true contentment
in the mere accumulation of riches?
who could hope to gain enlightenment
while focusing on televised graven
images?
why have we slaughtered defenseless
creatures
for the sake of our hideous gluttony?
why have we plundered Nature's
fine Eden
to turn it's beauty into stinking
refuse?
when will we cast out fearful greed
and within ourselves find loving
kindness?
when will we treat each living
thing
with respect, sensitivity, and
heartfelt compassion?
who may win a war fought daily
on the hidden battlefields of vain
desire
who may find sweet, peaceful existence
with this whole world bathed in
violent fire?
- T. H. Keyes