Civilization dawned on them
Culture flourished there
Science enhanced them
Politics thrived and did well there
They grew in might with their weapons
Spread their wings around the world
We in the third world had to live under a veil of destitute states
Now things are judged by what they deem correct
Our values are shadowed and are reckoned always imperfect
We have a light of our own, but we are dazzled by theirs
We have a civilization rich and urbane but eclipsed in history
Our ideals are clothed, our gods are redefined
Our faiths are questioned and our cultures are reshaped
A series of raids on our values turned us inverted
They do not like to see the way we are but only converted
We are hard-pressed to import all theirs
For they want to thrive on grabbing ours
Seeing us laden with the offshoots of their model
They want us to grow not because we flourish
Our growth is a market that widens for their products
We in the third world are mimickers
We in the third world are endless sufferers
We in the third world have been wronged
Reply With Quote