What I've Seen

In this life I'm not green
There's many things that I have seen
Watched Love from the very start
Witnessed as it fell apart
Known people with plenty of hope
Then throw it away for a little dope
I've eyed people with no means
working hard to fill their dreams
Watched a country go up in arms
Possibly by some false alarms
Seen leaders come and go
A country shrink instead of grow
And the people that beg and plead
Just for the simple things they need
Then the times people are sent to war
When not many understand what it's for
Is it to prove we are big and strong
Or because with others we can't get along
Then the ones that enlist and serve
Do they get what they deserve
Or is everyone's usefulness depleted
When by others they're no longer needed
A country built on " United as One"
Has it's destruction finally begun?

An Uncle Charlie Original