Without a Sound

Try to remember When there was no despair, Try to remember a time, When we breathed the clean fresh air. I'm sure there were a few years Not that long ago, When people were not starving And the job market was not slow. I don't remember murders Or teenagers carrying guns, I don't remember so much crime Or months without the sun. We didn't dress like models Or drive such fancy cars, We enjoyed the simple things Like ten cent candy bars. An evening stroll around the block Was replaced by a real vacation, Suddenly the human race Was wise with education. We had to learn so very much To make that extra buck, And I'd you master high tech jobs Then you were out of luck. So was was left to even care When our world came tumbling down, When Violence, Hate, and Corruption Arrived WITHOUT A SOUND..... Lynn (Hanna) Barany