CHILD OF MINE 
 
Life is colors of prisms 
Your image is undefined 
And the world can be 
A kalideoscope of horrors 
But I can see you in my mind 
What is past 
Is irreversible 
We can't change it 
Even when we try 
Accepting it 
Can be the way out 
So will you seek 
So will you find 
All tho' you may be far 
And touch 
We may never do 
You are a child of mine 
And each day 
I pray for you 
I hear you when you whisper 
I see your source of pain 
I'm listening so intently 
I feel your constant refrain 
I know your look 
And my tears come forth 
Just like the falling rain 
For you are a child of mine 
and each moment I pray for you 
For I do not know 
What else to do 
 
And here it comes 
Your cold of day 
As you talk to me 
In your frightened way 
Your sky has darkened 
Gone is your light 
All natural motion 
Lies silent and still 
For you are waiting  
Out the changes 
I know you're going to fight 
Just like the cold 
Of the winter chill 
And I see my tears falling 
Like the leaves 
Off a dying tree 
And what you are to know here 
Is your right to be free 
So I pray for you 
And I pray all day 
For what you dream 
I must find a way 
For you are a child of mine 
And I can't let things stay 
This saddened way 
For our wisdom is lingering 
This is what we're taught 
That knowledge is forthcoming 
But only if it's saught 
And the palettes of injustice  
Must all be fought 
For you are a child of mine 
And my tears are coming 
Like the falling rain 
I wish for you 
A magical life 
That's bearing no stain 
As I will listen to you 
To take away a little  
Of your pain 
For you are a child of mine 
And this is why 
I pray. 
 
c. 12/07