CHILD OF WAR
The innocence in those eyes
How quickly is it leaving?
The stress upon her little heart
How violently is it beating?
Does she even know her name?
How terrified is she?
Should she survive; just stay alive
How angry will she be?
What will she remember?
Who will she become?
What will her future, cold words say
That "they" all should have done?
Will someone teach her empathy
Or will she turn away;
Adopt an angry countenance
Prefer to embrace hate?
She'll grow and learn that millions
Saw her picture flashed on screens
That many talked, and voiced disdain
But no one did a thing
How can anyone not see her pain
And be so callous? How?
Hurt people grow to hurt people.
She needs a hero NOW
Now--before she comes to think
There's no standard she can raise
That there is no help in the world
No good people there to praise
The child wasn't born cynical
We're making her that way
What threat is she to millionaires?
For whose faults must she pay?
No. Stuff doesn't just happen
Someone evil plots against
Those powerless to defend themselves--
Whose basic wishes should make sense
And when those schemed against lash out,
Remember, seek revenge
Everyone plays dumb;
Can't explain why they're so unhinged
Take a visit to their childhood
And you'll find trauma in the air
Those who should have been protectors
Dropped the ball, and left them there
Confused and disillusioned
No advocate in sight
Forgetting they are human beings
Preferring more to fight
Over a world that's overflowing
With enough for all to share
But pride and greed seem to precede
Humanity and care
Where is she now
The little child
Has she found comfort yet?
Or have her cries now multiplied
Along with our regret
For forgetting so easily
To do better when we know
And that history repeats itself--
You reap precisely what you sow
How quickly is it leaving?
The stress upon her little heart
How violently is it beating?
Does she even know her name?
How terrified is she?
Should she survive; just stay alive
How angry will she be?
What will she remember?
Who will she become?
What will her future, cold words say
That "they" all should have done?
Will someone teach her empathy
Or will she turn away;
Adopt an angry countenance
Prefer to embrace hate?
She'll grow and learn that millions
Saw her picture flashed on screens
That many talked, and voiced disdain
But no one did a thing
How can anyone not see her pain
And be so callous? How?
Hurt people grow to hurt people.
She needs a hero NOW
Now--before she comes to think
There's no standard she can raise
That there is no help in the world
No good people there to praise
The child wasn't born cynical
We're making her that way
What threat is she to millionaires?
For whose faults must she pay?
No. Stuff doesn't just happen
Someone evil plots against
Those powerless to defend themselves--
Whose basic wishes should make sense
And when those schemed against lash out,
Remember, seek revenge
Everyone plays dumb;
Can't explain why they're so unhinged
Take a visit to their childhood
And you'll find trauma in the air
Those who should have been protectors
Dropped the ball, and left them there
Confused and disillusioned
No advocate in sight
Forgetting they are human beings
Preferring more to fight
Over a world that's overflowing
With enough for all to share
But pride and greed seem to precede
Humanity and care
Where is she now
The little child
Has she found comfort yet?
Or have her cries now multiplied
Along with our regret
For forgetting so easily
To do better when we know
And that history repeats itself--
You reap precisely what you sow
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