Damage

Damaged people everywhere
Doomed to live without much fun
Instead they suffer so unfair
And pass it onwards to their young

Every generation hopes
That this time round we will improve
So our children laugh and joke
But sadly damage ploughs a groove

Children think they understand
That older people are defunct
But children grown are second-hand
Into adults now debunked 

Still we cling on to our hope
That if we learn a different song
Something shifts along the slope
And we redress all that was wrong
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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July 18, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Intense one David.. and YES finally everything is falling into place when I made up my mind it was now or never... now took over and never sunk.. so just be patient..from someone who is major impatient.. but eventually it will work out when its right.. I am on Cloud 9 right now... with luv..
Neels Avatar
July 17, 2010 at 10:44 PM
So much truth, great write David.. WNN
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July 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM
Enjoyed your poem,-SKAT
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