BACK IN THE SIXTIES

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    I shortened this a bit for this format, I have better work, but I'm feeling sort of puny, so I will be back. May you all have a blessed day. 

    BACK IN THE SIXTIES

    BACK IN THE SIXTIES IN OUR TEENAGE PRIME
    OUR PATHS COLLIDED, AND WE ALTERED TIME.
    WE ROCKED WITH THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES,
    LOVED JOHNNY CASH AND GOOD OL' GEORGE JONES

    TIMES WERE A CHANGIN' ALL DOWN THE LINE
    JOHN WAS DEAD, BUT BOBBY STILL LED,
    AND MARTIN CHANGED THE WORLD IN HIS TIME.

    WE LISTENED TO JOPLIN AND HENDRIX TOO,
    WHILE NAM WAS KILLING THE BRAVE AND THE FEW
    GOD BLESS THESE GUYS, THEY GAVE THEIR ALL'
    AND THE USA DID NOT REWARD THEM AT ALL

    LIFE ROCKED ON AND WE BECAME ONE,
    THEN ALONG CAME A LITTLE BABYSON
    WE WORKED HARD AND NEVER HAD MUCH MON'
    BUT WE'D ADDED A DAUGHTER AND LIFE SHINED LIKE THE SUN.

    YEARS HAVE PASSED BY AND THINGS ARE REALLY UPSIDE DOWN
    THE WORLD CHANGED IN 01 WHEN THE TOWERS CAME DOWN
    THE RICH ARE STILL RICH AND THE POOR STILL DOWNTRODDEN

    IRAQ REPLACED NAM, WE STOPPED SADDAM
    AND THE NEW NAME OF HATE IS CALLED BIN LADEN
    THE OLD WALLS IN WASHINGTON HAVE TUMBLED DOWN
    NOW A MAN NAMED BARACK IS THE NEW POWER IN TOWN

    WHERE WILL IT GO NOW, ONLY GOD KNOWS, I JUST PRAY WE ARE ALL READY WHEN THE MIGHTY TRUMPET BLOWS
                                                                                               GALEC
     

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    KingGeorgeII commented on BACK IN THE SIXTIES

    06-25-2009

    Very good work! Keep writing and always speak from the heart. I enjoy the poem of our history's past. You done a very good job bringing up to now. What will the future hold? Truth be told hopefully we will together as a country before I'm to old! Keep up the great work. If you get a chance check out my first book website at www.LifeisHurricanes.com

    Galec

    07/01/2009

    Please forgive me for not replying to you before now. Thank you so much for your assessment of my Poem. I have read some of yours and you are talented.My health and family problems keep me away from writing too much. It is my greatest wish to complete some earliest works. I will indeed check out your website. Have a blessed and safe 4th of July, Sincerely, galec

    DavidRayy commented on BACK IN THE SIXTIES

    06-25-2009

    nice...I can relate. I am in my wiser years also. I'm only 44 but wiser sure sounds better than older!!!!

    Galec

    06/25/2009

    Thanks! Being perfectly honest, I like being in my wiser years. When I look back upon some of my younger years, I cringe. Thanks again for your reply

    Galec

    06/25/2009

    Thanks! Being perfectly honest, I like being in my wiser years. When I look back upon some of my younger years, I cringe. Thanks again for your reply

    ianraiseland commented on BACK IN THE SIXTIES

    06-25-2009

    i like the message. i think it will appeal to many who read it.

    Galec

    06/25/2009

    Thanks ianraiseland, for your comment. Comments from others always help me and I find them...inspirational. Have a blessed day

    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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