Seeking Refuge

Our world, once so vast and distant
mysterious and unknowable has
contracted immensely. No longer are
there unknowns and distances too vast
to bridge for now technology in our
modern era has enlightened our base
of knowledge, our capability to travel in
a measure of time never before imagined
while communication is instant and there
now are no longer places so exotic and
remote we have no inkling of their
existence. Humankind's capacity to
learn and to invent as masters of their
own fate and stewards of nature's gifts
have tested our mettle, and found it
lamentably lacking for despite all such
advances we have been unable to tame
the wild beast that lurks menacingly
within. The slender veneer of civilization
wears thin and transparent in ceaseless
conflict and power struggles; primitive
urges surging through the subconscious
motivating the psychopathic tyrants
among us to dominate and demand
their due, the while creating an ever
growing class of people known for 
their desperate search of haven from
the ruthless ambitions of conscience-
absent rulers intent on their territorial
ambitions serving none but themselves.