Come with me now, my child
Come away from the crowd, from the noise and the playground fights, from the rights and the wrongs, from the he-said, she-said
Let me lead you away, just for moment, the playground can wait
You are tired and you are hurting, tears so close, it has all been too much
Your little body rings like a bell, caught in the frenzy, pulled and smacked about
It carries too much, holds too much inside, forces unknown
Such feelings explode, such feelings held in, sealed and screwed tight down
Your mind a monkey house in a panic, too mad to be calmed
Your breathing too shallow to heal
So ease away from the crowd, my child, though everything says stay, there is life elsewhere, more of you elsewhere
You need not say a word, there are no words
Just your heart and the winter moon
Just your hopes and a winter fire
A kinder light knows you here, a place of greater safety and the slow recovery of your beautiful soul
