Longing for the Past

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS

Longing for the Past

 

We feel uneasy with the world we see

Though we accept that all things change

In the past we controlled our destiny

Now everything seems so strange

 

I remember well the corner store

Owned by a local mom and pop

They used to greet you by the door

We used to know the local cop

There are no locals anymore

We don’t purchase local crops

We used to gather rich and poor

Before the good times stopped

 

Now all is owned by corporations

We’re a corporation nation

The movie house the restaurants

The stops on our vacation

 

Oh how we long for yesteryear

When our neighbors were our friends

We look back now and shed a tear

For we thought it would never end