I was there when it happened
when we were promised an education,
The day the draft was passed
and we went to another country
to wage war, and bring order to lands unknown
only to find that
the days of Julius Caesar were over.
Bloodshed was the result,
And the fruits of our labor came to no reward
It was the day that everyone relied on the center
Without a thought that the center might fall
When everyone received health care and there were no jobs
and poor became indistinguishable from the rich.
Nothing of value of remained
the people stopped caring
Only trying to find something
to fill the empty pockets of their hearts
growing colder as the days flew away on cold winds
Investing only in their own demise
Knowing, but not willing to see the destruction being waged.
Looking at the staircase of life ahead of them
And being content to stay on the step in the middle
Unable to find a goal in life
And never finding the right one
Playing games of chess, where all the pieces were pawns
and replacing them with fake queens
With the kings of value set to the side
and forgotten until they are shot to pieces
Branches being choked and possessed
bearing only rotten fruit
which poisons the whole vine
so that wounds are opened
whilst bullets fly and death reigns
The unchecked madness of demons
have let slip the dogs of war
So that the sea is stained red
heaving around a bloodless, thirsty world
In which any type of curve
would give reason for lusty laughter
With no thought for lips turning blue
And unraveling threads burning steadily to their ends
Where life became of no value after the loss
And consciousness became a joke.
In which nature continued its rebellion
and painfully continued to wait
for the pinnacle to become finished
While the rest of the world burned
Feverishly scoffing at naivety
And ever ignoring the loss of hope.
That was the day it all just blew away
and we were as empty vessels.
