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They got scared, I suppose Some of them, at least After Kent State Others simply faded, I guess Coping and bleeding alone Like the vets coming back home Another percent was seduced, so they say By drugs and consultation fees The inevitable adaptability of capitalism Peace symbols, in the end, can be bought Long hair and jeans Free love commodified Still, this much remains true: That in that span of time, so brief, in the haze of Woodstock, the fiery chants of peace rallies close curtained pot smoking visions Things were born and people and ideas orphans, exiles Children who ask where did the revolution go? by John Telos Copyright © John Telos Inspiration: Because the spirit lives-- |
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All Poems by John Telos: Trickle Down Economics, I Look Back, Exposed, The Torch, Beauty, Racing, You're The One, Suicide Bomber, A Flower in the Field, The Opposite Sex, Hold Fast, Gaping Wounds and Clipping Coupons, I Close My Eyes, The Other Land (Depression Part I), I Can Dream, Grant Me, The Deepest Things, For Lack of Love, Profiling, God is..., First Summer In The Country, Tell Me, Child of The Revolution (Part I), Eyes of Night, F'd Up, Vietnam To Gulf War Gap, An Army of One, Sex Is Bad, The Madman's Song, Child of The Revolution (Part II), 1984 Redux, Blackout, Sugar and Spice, Jesus I'm Bored, I am Broken, too, Rush, Would You Like Fries With That Life?, The Other Land (Depression Part II), Ghost Dance, Q and A, Downsize Blues, Can I get some help here?, No Fly Zone (Manic Depression Part I), You Were I, Freestyle, Hinge, Ghost Dance II, god is a word you should shake with your fist, come on, you know you want to read this, Blistered Kiss, You Do The Math, Pick Your Poison, This, Censor This, Ruach, On My Birthday..., ONE DAY, AMEN, Best Fren-Frens, Live Always,