The Child Wearing holes in the floor Pacing up and down in the dark Pacing slow, beyond my door Humming, singing softly while it pours I roll over, face buried in arms One eye closed, one open to see The sound of your sighs You sigh and sing While the child cries... ...and strangles all your lullabyes. This began once Once upon a time Once that place in your arms was mine I was the child That child was once me That child you sang to sleep Tearing holes with their cries Racing back and forth out of reach I cannot yet close my eyes Burning, cold and weary, full of lies I look over, but you are still out One hand closed, one reaching to find You, holding my head As time unwinds It's time for bed... ...My stories told, voice dull and dead This began once Once upon a time Once each joy in the world was mine I was a child A child who cried A child you sang to sleep I watch them dream What am I now? A child, a parent? Both somehow... They need their dreams I need them too The dreams that I once told to you... Laa-a Laa-aa-a I... Was.. A child.. Once... Laa-a Laa-a-aa-a Once... That child.. Was me... Wearing colors of brown Autumn shades, not red and not gold Autumn leaves fly round and round Twirling toward my feet as they float down I roll over, half buried in leaves Nothing closed, all open to feel The child I could be My laughs appeal "Let the child free! Your heart will then have eyes to see." This began once Once, long ago Once this child I didn't know I found the child The child is in me The child that was asleep I watch my dreams, I'm Chasing them now Laughing, crying Both somehow Running like wind Bright as the sun And know my childhood's just begun Laa-a Laa-aa-a I... Was.. A child.. Once... Laa-a Laa-a-aa-a Once... That child.. Was me... << go back Raemanzu's Home on the Web
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