One Day...

Innocence Lost

You came in the dead of the day,

You came quick and fast,

We didn't have time to turn and run.

You came without warning,

You came with guns pointed,

We dared not put up a fight.

You came with hatred in your eyes,

You came full of evil intent,

We pleaded to a room full of deaf ears.

You came

And we lost our innocence.

Now in your hands

Our future is hard to see.

Will we witness the dawn of another day?

Will we hear the sweet sound of our mother's voice once more?

Will we know the joys of womanhood?

Will we raise a family of our own?

What once looked promising

Is now just a dream,

But still we hope.

So, hold us close

Father, we pray.

Let our hearts not turn to hatred

And decay.

But may we hold fast to your promise

Of an eternally bright future,
Spent forever with You.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. St Augustine

Yesterday I missed you.

Today I miss you.

Tomorrow I will miss you.

I Miss These Two.

Walls

We built this wall to protect us

We built this wall to stop you getting in 

We built this wall to separate our hearts from yours 

We built this wall to create a divide.

We built it out of hatred 

We built it out of ignorance

We built it out of naiveté 

We built it out of evil

We built it out of lies

And then we left it there.

It's where our children grew up

And their children

Within the confines of these walls 

We passed down our beliefs 

And called them truth.

But the truth is 

When you replace  

Hatred with love 

Ignorance with acceptance 

Naïveté with knowledge 

Evil with good 

Lies with the truth, 

There is no wall 

There is no great divide 

There is no difference

But the colour of our skin.

I Wanna Go