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Daughter, Son
If I laugh, its lost to me
If I smile, I can't
If I speak, my words deplete
And drift away again
Because you're so far away
So far
And I won't be able to reach you
With my laugh, my smile, my words
As they deplete and creep away
Across the miles between us
They will get lost along the way
And no one will remember
My smiles, laughter, words or tears
They'll fade away into the hearts
Of the miles of desert sand
And if the clouds overhear, they will weep
Their cool tears onto the dry soil
Life again? Who knows
Not I
For if my words reach the sky
This was not their destination
For if my words do not reach you
They do not deserve to be called words
Or come from my mouth
Or bleed from my eyes as my sights straing for a glimpse
Of what the clouds shroud
And the sands devide
Where nothing survives
But the echo
Of what
Will
Never
Be
Heard
But I shall continue to laugh
And smile, and speak these words of hope
And trust that you might know
What I mean to say to you
So laugh with me
Though I will never see
And smile, your face a light the clouds will forever hide
And speak
Speak
And I will never hear your words
I will close my eyes
And know that they will never be heard
Except to make the sky shed tears
Into the hot sands
Of the world between us
Forever
Never understanding
Faithless, weak
And bound by the world
To never speak
There is still strength
Until the end
There is still hope
In us, my friend
Uncaring, tempted
Blinded, lost
We sell our minds
We know the cost
Wiill we try
In future days
To end the fight?
To mend our ways?
Hurt, belittled
Scorned, undone
Doubting daughter
Doubting son
Innocent, and
Learned in
Each respective,
Angry sin
Broken, beaten
Frightened, small
Compelled to stop
Trying at all
Scarred daughter
Maimed son
Will their lives
Remain undone?
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