Bobby Dylan Warned Us

There are people in this world today,
Who know they have something special to say,
So listen, Listen.
They may be right, and we may be wrong, 
So they try in a song to help us along,
If you listen, just listen
Bob Dylan warned us years ago, 
“To gather round people wherever you roam”
You need to keep watch “All along the watchtower”,
For “The times they are a-changing.”	
Water in the ground, water in the sky, 
but where is the water for you and I,
Nowhere. Nowhere
We’re not safe at home now nor while we’re away, 
Extremists are planning to blow us away
Be wary, Wary
We’re screwing up the climate in every which way, 
So now storms get more violent every day
No stopping, consumption.
Bob Dylan warned us years ago “To gather round people wherever you roam”
You need to keep watch “All along the watchtower”,
For “The times they are a-changing”
So now let me think have we heeded his warning, 
Can we honestly say as we wake up each morning,
I Listened, Listened
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Duncan Avatar
March 20, 2017 at 3:56 PM
Great poem :)
De Burca Avatar
January 8, 2017 at 3:47 PM
Congrats on having your poem featured, loved the singer/ poet Dylan references, blended in so well to your poem. Welcome to PS too.
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