the lonely planet guide
was not theirs to plan
they were not prepared to listen
so how could they understand

wish i could forever stay like this
with you,
away from what does me harm

i smile it away
but its there
its in my eyes

going home
tinged with sadness
look after you
and half way to gladness

o the child
just becomes a set of symptoms
a checklist for the insane

all this cannot be right
life is like a shoulder to cry on
here, then so sadly gone

he warm calm hills of my mind
the waterworks of the unkind
the lost deal of the blind

feed a child rejection
and they will live in fear all their life
treat a child as second best
and they will follow that pattern all their life