On Corruption

If corruption be mammoth tree,
Whose seed got planted by many,
But nurture it, most of us do-
Uproot it early, we ought to.

If corruption be cancerous,
And made by man and not inborn,
That we can give to all others-
The cure is within us, brothers.

If corruption is our pet beast,
But wild in nature, pampered free,
Some day, we’ll end up as its feast-
So, shackled in cage, let it be!

The destiny of nations all
Are threatened by corruption’s cloud;
The rain is worse than nuclear pall-
Let mankind not invite this shroud!

poem by John Celes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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