In Better Times

In this age of microcosmic enhancement and technological advancement

Aren't these supposed to be, "the better times"?

Doesn't knowledge beget comprehension and wisdom?

So why all the unrest and the, against-humanity crimes?

"In better times" shouldn't we be concerned about our habitats?

With more restoration and less obliteration

Why do we continually pollute our waterways?

A plague which haunts, almost every nation

Couldn't there be more construction and less destruction?

In these “so called better times"

Why are our oceans being acidified and plasticized?

As technological advancement climbs

Does it not make you think if we're in the pink and we're told

These times are better than before?

Well you better take a break and give your head a shake

Do some research, and see who's really keeping score!

Conversely, there is no doubt if the One's with clout

Cared about the Planet and Humanity, instead of their coffers

Unfortunately it seems, that never it will be

Because for Them, there are no better-offers

Seems today that every time we turn around

For sure, it's not just outside our peripheral view

So many family break-ups and mental shake-ups

Are these "better times,” the reason for us being blue?

What is meant by saying, “it is the sign of the times”?

Isn't this the same human race it used to be?

Have people changed and have they become so different?

They're unable to aquiesce, atone or simply just agree?

Be aware of the reviling and all the crap that's piling

Let's contemplate for a moment, at who is setting the pace?

An abundance of belligerent reporting and creative retorting

And the One's who are supposed to be respected, conversely being so base

Hmm, so with this increasing technology, does that mean “better times”?

Is it personally just trying to make it through?

And in the pursuit of whose gold and through whose eyes to behold?

Do some research for the answer, completely remains with you