Upwards

The whole world is shown the inadequacy of its ambition,
so that it would await the better.
But those in power had to recognise that they were deceived by their stewards,
so that they could break the spell of inertia.
Inertia, though, is more than a spell
and man's heart torn between using the present and serving the future.
Too long have people relied on mocking
as that the habit died easily.