The dumbing down of our conscience,
Where will it us lead?
It will only lead us to commit black deed upon black deed!
A benumbed conscience is a dangerous thing,
It lets our devilish tendencies take wing!
It makes us fall and fall from grace,
It leaves of our humanity not even the slightest trace!
Everyday it makes us of degradation new depths plumb,
It leaves us morally dumb and our sensibility numb!
When we grow oblivious to all distinctions of wrong and right,
And our good sense all but takes flight,
Take it as the beginning of the end,
And prayers to the Almighty above send
To give us the good sense to step back from the brink
And deep from the fountain of truth drink
To enable us to nail our own miserable wretched lies,
And resuscitate our conscience which before us bit by bit dies!
Only therein lies our redemption as a race,
And our slow return to a life of righteousness and grace!
Arun Bhagat
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