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