These Days
These days I feel things have gone wrong -
like words have vanished from a song
I used to always love to hear!
For long-ago good times I long.
I’ve seen such great things disappear
replaced by things that I now fear.
The values from my times of old -
I want again to have them near.
Warm yesteryears were priceless gold.
Today it seems they have been sold
to men who’ve turned the gold to tin.
So many things today feel cold.
Yes, driven by great greed and sin,
The evil always seem to win.
I want the words to my song back,
but I know not where to begin.
I write my poetry and pack
sad thoughts inside it. Oh, what lack
of nobleness! A world once bright -
I can’t help seeing it turn black.
Oct. 30, 2021
For Angel L. Villanueva's Interlocking Rubaiyat Poetry Contest
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2021
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