Dark Ages

Mankind lives in an constructed maze
to occupy his heart and off truth to gaze
tightly woven ideology disguised as true
to keep the facts from coming into view

A world designed to feed ones greed
to convince inhabitants to exceed their need
the pursuit of pleasures and mammons wealth
competition and vanity disguised as health

The dark ages have become darker yet
when majority have materialism as mindset
love of family and neighbor is reduced
inflamed selfcenterness has Satan induced

A life of luxury many seek to attain
to develop good character do many abstain
ambition for substance does quality drain
and know not why ones existence is pain

Generosity and hospitality things of the past
the revelry and parties society holds fast
if you don't partake you become outcast
those in the know know the party won't last

to seek ones fortune and acquire it's fame
within books of history to have ones name
contemn your neighbor as not the same
and for self failure do others blame

Fame rarely attracts true affection
but character within upon inspection
honesty and loyalty things to value
without fidelity no friendship is true

To inspect ourselves in light of whats good
and distinguishing qualities are understood
days that are filled with useless chatter
not considering the values that really matter

What we desire to impart to each other
will determine whether enemy or brother
givers and takers in one world live
in demonstration Jesus chose to give

So many this life has richly gifted
with talents they've used others have lifted
Hype, this system with all it's gloss
a possessor of things but character loss