I fear a day When you'll sit next to me And my phone will vibrate A message from you asking what's for lunch?
I fear a day When talented beings Educated with graduate degrees Will work in MacDonalds For minimum wage
I fear a day Where I'll need to take out a mortgage For a parking fee Daylight robbery
I fear a day Where kids will no longer Play at the park No one ever heard of jigsaws And wooden train sets
I fear a day When strangers would be able to see My every post People I don't even know Will know all about me
I fear a day When people will drive to the gym To run on the treadmill And we'll all forget The luminous glow of the moon
I fear a day We'll forget about stars And handwritten cards When we'll care more about cars Than our counterparts
I fear a day When the world will all speak English And read shakespeare Wear the same high street gear And eat KFC
I fear a day Where honour and dignity Respect and modesty Will be a thing of the past And those who hold steadfast To their culture and traditions Ways of life Will be mocked and ridiculed as backwards
I fear a day When all my fears Come true And that day a part of me will die inside I'll lose the sound of your voice And mums special home-made recipes with secret ingredients I'll lose the way your letters felt Slanted and joined so rounded together The way the cross on the t and the dot on the i's leaned to hug one another I'll lose the rush of the wind As I felt how it was to fly on a swing The reassuring touch on my back as you pushed and held me back then helped me to stop I fear a day I will breathe but cease to exist Lost in mere memories of a past Where I was meant to be