Youth Brigade

it could be late one nite or the middle of the day
bone-crushing accident or the pain of slow decay can
the young life fight will the old one fade away the
miracle of science saves them another day alive by
machine better than faith hope & dreams alive by machine
is this really life support when one cannot be alive
probably not less than thirty years ago alive without
a life me i'm better off dead outside the window the
sounds of life go on but in this lonely place the rhythm
is forlorn keep you beating breathing feeding never
think or feel life is more than functions of the body and a prayer