Recently I’ve been overtaken by a sense of failure
The realisation that my generation have made a mess
We have stood by while the cheats prosper
It must seem to my kids that we didn’t care less
In so many ways things have got worse not better
Once I was full of youth and idealism
Then came Thatcher, not a whimper I just let her
Replace the carers with narcissism
I was part of it I felt superior
A wad of cash in my fist
And judged by any criteria
I was one of the monetarists
But I was lost in a hedonist haze
Principles obscured by short term gain
Not worrying of nature’s decay
Or those less fortunate left in pain
It’s no use for us to excuse
That I am but one of the many
You must find others of similar views
Then I becomes we and we are plenty
So now is not the time to sit back and wonder
Why things have come to such a pass
We must shout and thunder
Every age and class
We must be heard and outcomes demanded
A better life for all not the few
A world of resources, protected not branded
For Christian Muslim, Hindu and Jew
Its not too late for us to mobilise
The young, the old, the
compassionate
We must make power realise
They can no longer machinate
To pit us against those who
are different
To hind behind false
patriotism
When we stand together we
are significant
We will never accept their fascism
