Can it be I hear an alarm
The world we knew has lost its charm
It’s upside down and turned around
Looks like we all are losing ground
While terra firma seems so grand
Society destroys the land
We need take care before we’re lost
Our carelessness too great a cost !
Our hearts are full with eyes cried dry
Why must our youth so sadly die ?
How many dreams have withered there
Upon the vine of unkempt care ?
The world we know is changing fast
The hopes we held can never last
Our dreams now seem far out of reach
No lessons left for us to teach.
How sad it is that we are lost
How great will be the final cost
What warning signals did we miss
Remember ignorance is bliss !
When I was small I was not tall
In school I placed the third of all
We had to stand up every day
Beside our desks to pledge and pray !
That’s how our schoolday would begin
“Stand up erect and do not grin”,
We wrote in ink with nib and pen
And studied with our texts open !
We raised our hands to speak out loud
There was no chaos in that crowd
For discipline was number one
We studied hard and still had fun !
I miss the ways we used to learn
Each grade we got, we truly earned
While now the grades have no import
They’re given as a last resort !
I miss the dream that slipped away
It fluttered by and did not stay
I’ve missed it all these many years
And always will recall the tears.
This dream of ours that was so sweet
Left me alone here incomplete
My heart was lost and insecure
Too sad to say there’s been no cure.
My love was strong my heart was true
I hoped somehow yours could be too !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 