Where?
I recall the days when all was true,
When nothing but love was within my view,
What happened to this world, this place I so love,
Where'd the laughter, the love,
. . . And all the sweetness go ?
I look up at the sunlight and see a glimmer of hope
The dance of the rays on the colours brings a smile
Yet again I think of the trouble and the strife
The brutal behaviour, the nonchalant ways
I see no kindness anymore, no one says sorry
All the honesty and beauty seems far gone to me
Where are the sensible, the last good few
Does anyone else matter anymore, or are we all here to be trampled
Is the trip to the top satisfying for them
That have ruthlessly plundered
That have stolen and cheated, and molested and beated?
I feel yet again this pain in my heart
This unbearable burn that creates tears
I still recall the days when all was true
When nothing but love was within my view . . .
Copyright © Fathima Dawood | Year Posted 2009
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