Where were you the day the markets died?
As bankers wept and traders cried
Digits disappearing with the tide
A sea of crimson, spread far and wide
Were you watching the day the markets burned?
Employers realising the tide had turned
Workers learning that what they’d earned
Was all in vain; far from what they yearned
Released from under a wretched spell
The people rejoiced, free from a debtors’ hell
Were you celebrating the day the markets fell?
How it plays out — only time will tell
Where were you the day the world was reborn?
Day one for generations oppressed and worn
Ground zero to rebuild a society torn; and
When a brighter sunrise shines upon a new morn
Where will you be?