Sonnet: Man Is Materialistic In Vain

In pomp and show, the modern world believes!
What glitter marks the functions that we see!
What wasteful lives are spent by Adams/ Eves!
And people speak such white lies blatantly.

And stocking wealth by any means is prime;
Benami transactions are also rife;
And hiding it in many ways past-time!
Accruing more wealth, man spends all his life.

But how much more can receiving hands hold?
If health of mind and body seems all lost;
There is no cure for recurrent chest-cold!
Into a sea of discontent, man’s tossed.

And not a nickel does he take with him;
Nor can he spend or enjoy with eyes dim.

poem by John Celes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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