I once knew

There’s a grey cloud over my window,

Though I don’t know how it got there.

The weather is so cold it’s almost hard to bare.

I don’t know how we got here, and why people are unaware but the land that I once knew is barren and so bare.

There’s a shadow on the horizon and chaos brewing soon.
I sit at my table drinking tea at noon.

I once knew a land of prosperity a land meant for the stars.
Where people were treated honorably and no one was tossed aside.

I once knew a nation where law was heeded made to abide.
Where we did not have to hide.

I once knew a government that was not very corrupt.
Where a mad man can’t gain power, and our leader was so just.

But here we are in this new world where craziness erupts.
Where chaos brews, and people fear and no one really trusts.

But hope remains and the sun will rise as it always does.
We will band together, and survive the storm coming thus.

I once knew a people who were generous and kind,
A people bent for unity no matter the type of mind.

I once knew the song of the wind, peaceful and divine.
The movement of the rivers flowing mighty fine.
The voice of the mountain thunderous and loud.
A environmental so great it would make the gods proud.

I once knew the truth,
That people were mostly kind.
What happened to this pretty world that we left behind.