I've Seen it All/ Streets

I’ve seen it all,

Seen the buildings rise and fall,

Seen injustice,

Brutality,

Death.

I’ve seen denial,

Chaos,

Grief.

Change has changed the lives

Of many above my brow,

And many spouses have weeped

At the loss of the one they love,

Wrenched from them unjustly,

And too soon.

I’ve seen the smallest of gifts

Lighten the faces of those who live on me,

And seen men

Die quietly

In the night,

And start a revolution.

All this I’ve seen,

Under the feet

Of those who walk on me.