The Romans are all long gone And the collossiums are dead But the gladiators continue to live on Fighting for survival and bread! The wild animals in the rings are all gone The barbarians have been made to disappear But they are replaced by the loan sharks Spreading helplessness and fear Every morning we wake up to fight Wearing the armours of courage We return home scarred and spent Filled with unspent frustration and rage The world isn't fair to all The privileged have it all so easy The strugglers have to go on fighting Sweaty, bloodied and dizzy Modernization has ruined us all Making us all bloodied Gladiators Fighting a battle we die fighting Trying to escape the economic predators The heart longs for the good old days When life was easy and fun When we enjoyed the changing seasons And played and laughed under the sun There is still time, there is still chance To reclaim our nomadic lives of our ancestors To live simple, relaxed and engaged lives And die happy men, not economi...
Everyday, there are tiny emotions and brain waves - some real and some imaginary, touch us and help us experience something new. Something that we have not experienced before. Something that made us a little older, a little wiser, a little sadder, a little happier and a little more humane....I am trying to catch these thoughts and brainwaves and sharing with you...for you to live them, through my eyes...