What will prove to be our big mistake?
  Short-sighted arrogance all for what sake?
  Our families to ashes, our ambitions to dust
  Our progeny in silence thinking "what about us?"
  But don't forget
  The dance of neglect
  The march for empowering prosperity
  The pain from loss and want for mere lucidity
  Just maternal residue, and I was there too
  And maybe so were you
  When something is won it comes with sacrifice
  It's there beneath the joy, the glory, and pride
  And rarely it's acknowledged but in positive light
  Consciously omitting the losers plight
  But don't forget
  The dance of neglect
  The craving for community that never was met
  The longing for status and the overture of regret
  With no one to deter, pathetically unsure
  Forgetting who they were