Where?

I recall the days when all was true, When nothing but love was within my view, What happened to this world, this place I so love, Where'd the laughter, the love, . . . And all the sweetness go ? I look up at the sunlight and see a glimmer of hope The dance of the rays on the colours brings a smile Yet again I think of the trouble and the strife The brutal behaviour, the nonchalant ways I see no kindness anymore, no one says sorry All the honesty and beauty seems far gone to me Where are the sensible, the last good few Does anyone else matter anymore, or are we all here to be trampled Is the trip to the top satisfying for them That have ruthlessly plundered That have stolen and cheated, and molested and beated? I feel yet again this pain in my heart This unbearable burn that creates tears I still recall the days when all was true When nothing but love was within my view . . .