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When I Was Fortysomething 2000s

I saw the great con that was Y2K
I saw all the scaremongering go away

I saw in my arms a child I love so
I saw that I did not want to let him go

I saw that I was truly blessed
I saw it but would never have guessed

I saw the 43rd President sitting on a stool
I saw a cowboy, a jackass, and a fool

I saw death on the ground, terror in the skies
I saw all my worst fears realised

I saw danger where there was none
I saw weapons but not of mass destruction

I saw a curse on the beast and on the plough
I saw foot-and-mouth and mad cow

I saw an Intifada, a Jihad, a road map to peace
I saw a man beg for his life and release

I saw smugglers and pirates on the high seas
I saw ransoms paid to armed Somalis 

I saw in Bali the casualties of blood and gore
I saw a smiling assassin smiling no more

I saw tracer fire and smart bombs inbound
I saw a war criminal hiding underground

I saw a wedding ring and a wedding coat
I saw an iceberg and a lifeboat

I saw a wave that could drown the world
I saw a human tragedy unfold

I saw dust on the land and looked to the sky
I saw a way of life dry up and die

I saw a war without armies - a new enemy
I saw the bastards didn’t look much like me

I saw a destructive mistress wilder and meaner
I saw that her name was Katrina

I saw a new age of covetous excess
I saw I long for when more means less

I saw God in everything I do
I saw He is watching me, watching you

I saw Hezbollah and Hamas their rockets launch
I saw the seed of David faithful and staunch

I saw the world running scared of Osama
I saw a false prophet in a man called Obama

I saw bail-outs and stimulus in the west increase
I saw a sleeping giant awakened in the east

I saw I saw a crisis and a house of cards fall
I saw once again greed began it all

I saw the earth ravaged and scorched
I saw smoking trees where it had been torched

I saw Facebook and Twitter all etiquette replace
I saw a generation lost in cyberspace 

I saw the King of Pop popping pills
I saw that in the end fame and persecution kills

I saw the King of Israel in a prophesy reign
I saw that which is old will be new again

I saw governments and corporations profit in war
I saw it’s better to be a pimp than a whore

I saw the mark of the beast where tyrants trod
I saw Putin and the wrath of God

I saw a book of great love and tragedy
I saw it in the tale that is The Samaan Tree

I saw a half century end and another soon start
I saw I am still here and young at heart

I saw this decade through the eyes of a dad
I saw that I was grateful for everything I had


               Written: April 2010

Copyright © Keith D Trestrail | Year Posted 2022

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