Differed Dreams

The flames flickered and licked We-men, women and infants Unknowingly, They licked up potential They licked up dreams They licked up futures They innocently licked up hopes Fires cremated failures and frustrations Like bulldozers they overhauled and mauled little pockets Of joys and tears of ghetto residents Here, they smoked potential Here, they smoked greatness Here, they smoked innocence Things that we'd never known, or will ever ever know!