
Used To Be



My eyes stay on herI know and You know
You’ve not a conscious conscience
I’ve not a strong will

There is a Group
America’s Youth
What Nation they’re from let us learn
They rise up unjaded
They show up in conscience
They speak up that freedom’s torch burns
Was that photographed tree
Standing strangely tall above the tree line
An old soul of a sapling
Was he?
Were the smallest birds smart
Drawing near to his clear air up there
Beckoned by his branches -come, play!
Were they?
Will people seek solace
Called by common-ground conscience
Hearing his cry -come up high!
I cannot ask anymore
My hands feel empty
It seems that’s what you’ve wanted
Empty, outstretched hands