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Tough Times

(c) Jim Swettenham  June 14, 2009

History, they say, is a one way street

But sometimes events seem to repeat

We have had wars and wars and wars

that have taken our troops to far away shores.

After each one ’tis said “Never again” -

A few years later we’re shipping off men.

Our current depressing economic strife

is not the first one experienced in life.

Think back to the roaring 1920’s a while

people were living high and in style.

Then the bottom of the economy fell

people thought they were headed for hell.

Several stories are told of the ‘29 Crash

as for highrise windows people did dash.

Out through the glass, crash to the ground -

Thuds and anguish cries were common sound

People struggled to live through recession

then the weather brought Great Depression

The rains dried up and the winds did blow

drifting the dirt just like it was snow.

Families gathered and closed up ranks

as machinery was buried under dirt banks

People did dig pretty deep holes

just to find tops of telephone poles.

Many people saw bank statements in red

as to northern land their wagons were led.

Many did struggle, dug deep in their heart

with determined grit they made a new start.

And so it is as we now face a new day

many feel hopeless and full of dismay.

Think of our forefathers in days now past -

know in your heart these conditions won’t last

The horizon is painted with bright shiny hue

and we like the others can all start anew.

This was written in a space of less than 15 minutes directly on a WEbook project site.