A Brave New World

Thus begins a new year, this century a quarter of it’s years;
The first twenty-five were horrendous, the epitome of mankind’s fears!
Wars being waged and poverty, genocide and starvation numbers high;
The worst of all an epidemic, tens of millions in it die!
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Who knows what the future holds, will peace e’er reign again?
Will global warming be thwarted, by eco-conscious women and men?
Can the venom turn to valor, braving handshakes with one’s foes?
Will the World unite in oneness, peace wherever one may go?
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Just imagine the sheer beauty, of a World where all are friends;
Mankind has ceased it’s evil, and instituted all amends!
The poor get food, disease disappears, a great global economy;
Surely, this supersedes where we’re headed, the way things were meant to be!
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Let’s forget the past
Rescue mankind from it’s depths
Rise to new zeniths