As the decades pass
The World changes before my eyes
For better and for worse
Buildings fall and rise
Technology evolves
Views sway one way and the other.
Looks differ from past to future.
What once brought connection
Between those far apart
Now brainwashes and steals
From the Innocent, the Unwise and the Vulnerable.
Greed and rage reach heights thought no more.
And struggles continue for what should not need struggling for.
Differences turn on each other when they should be friends
Rights are dashed by their own Protectors
But as the World turn
New smiles are born
New faces streak across the floor
Through gardens and playgrounds
Past time hobbies become full-blown careers
Acts continue to baffle the mind.
And Wealth is gained by ways new, creative and once unimaginable.
New foods are tasted
New sights are seen
New paths are tread
Bright and shining all around
Things of the Past get left behind
Things of the Present are hoarded
Things of the Future arrive
To hands eager to embrace Them.
Where These will all go, I cannot say
I cannot see, but still look
With anticipation, eagerness and fear
As the decades pass
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