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They said “You are old”, they said “Your time is done”
They said “You’re in the way”, they said “You’re not needed”.
You said “I am old”, you said “I am life”


You said “You will miss me”, you said “I have friends”.
They said “They are old”, they said “We don’t need them”
They said “We want roads”, they said “We’ll replace them”.

You said ”I saw your bombs”, you said “I saw your fires”
You said “I stood tall”, you said “ I survived”


They said ”We have words”, they said “Improving Lives”
They said ”Words are our shield”, they said “Words will suffice”
They said ”Now you’ve gone”, they said “We can move on”.


……They said
“Why’s it so hot?”,
“Where are the Birds?”
“Where are the Bats?”
“Where are the Bees?”
“Where is the Grass?”
“Where are the Trees?”


They said “ Now when it rains”, they said “ It fills the drains”
They said “ It isn’t us”, they said “We have our Words”


You said “I have returned, I saw your Grandkids curse”
You said “I saw them burn “, I cried for them”


You said “You had your chance”, you said “Your words failed you”
You said “And now you are done”, you said “We are moving on”
You said “You were in the way”, you said “You were not needed”
You said “You are gone”, you said “Your time is past”.