Times are Changing

What has happened to the world we live in

What has happened to the country we live in

Have I lost my mind

Have we all become blind

 

Change is inevitable, but this is too much

We can't do it all at once

Sometimes I feel like I've been silenced

There's too much violence

 

Don't arrest me or send me away because you don't like what I have to say

I thought this was a free country with free speech

Please don't preach

Maybe we just need to impeach

 

Covid, masks, distancing social change

It feels so strange

Covid was a deadly disruption to society

It causes anxiety

 

School classes were cancelled for lengthy periods of time

What about the education of future generations

Can we ever make up for lost time

What about those of us in our prime

 

Vaccines were desired and we had to stand in line

So much death and destruction

Vaccines were controversial

They eventually became universal

 

Now we worry about long covid

It seems like the whole world has exploded

What about the trauma of loss of life and the devastation to the economy

Life became an anomaly

 

Then there was George Floyd and after that January sixth

Was it an insurrection or a riot or an exercise in free speech

Does anyone really know

What a show

 

Wildfires and heatwaves

Choking on the smoky stench and burning my lungs

We'll never be the same

It's a terrible shame

 

Our medical system has been turned upside down and inside out

Can we ever recover

I'm not sure it's possible

It's wildly improbable

 

The FBI and their S.W.A.T. team raided the home of an ex-president

I Believe they set a new precedent

Life, corruption and stupidity bring chaos

Does this country even have a boss

 

The shock trauma to society has changed my perspective on life

Certain groups of people get a free pass

Others just get targeted

I feel like my house has been gutted