Alone

Seething from the gills

Stop looking at her with all your cheap thrills

Bare feet dancing on hot concrete

Nothing in sight to prevent the heat

Dad would die if he knew what she wore

It was not even close to what she had on going out the door

Seeing the fools with their hands in the air

Thrusting them higher and higher without a care

Bouncing in the crowd like the rest

I will stay here and beat my chest

Am I alone feeling this way?

I saw your daughter up high on many strangers’ shoulders

Showing all something that will haunt her when she is older

Did you teach her that she is better than this?

Her desperation shows that attention is what is missed

In her eyes, I saw great battled confusion

Has time elapsed beyond my comprehension?

Seeing the fools with their hands in the air

Thrusting them higher and higher without a care

Bouncing in the crowd like the rest

I will stay here and beat my chest

Am I alone feeling this way?

Round and round they go releasing frustration

Beating each other showing only one emotion

Will my children have the same fate?

Can I teach them there is no reason to hate?

Am I alone feeling this way?

Is this the way it is going to stay..?

Written by Lanis

Tuesday, April 02, 2002