This is our world
Sturm und Drang
confusion and unrest proliferate
reason is hung

ideologies divide
vain and rhetorical debate
the leaders are at odds and they vociferate
right decisions are seldom made

the cleavage of poor and rich
nations their own interests covetously seek
summits are ambiguous and deceptive
promises are unfulfilled and outcome is bleak

history's dark lessons loom and repeat
glory is ephemeral and mankind is weak
foundations were built to be demolished
dark ages return and civilisation falls from its peak.