A Sparrow's Thoughts... (Number Seven)

when we sit numbly staring at the six o'clock news... at the cops in riot gear dispersing the student protesters... protesting against Wall Street excess, against the greed of big business, against the destructive thrusts of big oil, against the wars over seas... against human rights being taken, against the lie we're being fed... when these young people are beaten, gassed, and arrested for standing up for their ideals of freedom... do we remember that these are our children? do we know? even more, do we remember, when we were young and believed? the anti-war protests, the civil rights marches, women's rights, farmworker's rights... when we dared to believe we could change the world... we live again in our children! do we understand this? are we just going to sit still and watch? are we dead?