Little One

Speak words so I can hear That I can accept Will banish my fear Of a feeling I kept Under a mask That tightly locks in The wish I must ask To reveal what's in Your plan Does it Does it span The course of lifetimes Of all who were wise Have you forgotten That you are their son. Tell me little one What are you thinking Is it all about fun Or just your own thing Can't you see that it's wrong Just an easy way out It will never last long And soon you'll be without Joy you thought was yours to keep Slipped away during troubled sleep The promise of a life that's safe Reverses to a deadly grave The warmth at night of those you love Turns cold and raw while thinking of All the things you should have seen The person that you should have been Can't you see, little one That time is short, no time for fun Only work, and caring for The air you breathe, and giving your Skills and intelligence To solve the change, with gentleness With empathy, for humanity Run away from insanity Together, with compromise So no one dies, and no one cries Your survival and happiness Must be shared, with acts of kindness Only you, little ones Must plan a way, to get it done Only you Choke on the flavor of poisonous gases Drown in the waves as the water rises Searching through rubble that's scattered around Scraps of your life that used to be your town Flames from the fires swallow what's left As creatures of evil dance and infest All who survived with cunning afflictions Wishing the destruction of civilization The spawn of bombs melt away our skin As wars erupt impossible to win Hate your neighbors because just because Little Ones Listen to the Wise Ones You're their sons Little Ones Listen to the Wise Ones You're their sons Little Ones Listen to the Wise Ones You're their sons