TRUE LIFE STORY

My heart bleeds for the things I cannot change
Watching people suffer in a world that's rich is strange

Last night I saw a little girl sleeping by the road
Compassion and pity hit me like a load

She was on her school uniform "white and blue"
I just stared at her not knowing what to do

The night was young but very cold
She tucked her arms in her sweater fold

I walked back and forth then I approached her
The brother walked up to me "what can I do for you sir?"

I'm a poet and I write for newspapers
I saw your sis and I got scared of rapists or kidnappers

Don't worry sir; we are waiting on our mum
We'll be gone by the time she comes

We live in the thatched house by the right
Very soon we'll call it A DAY and goodnight

As I walked on,
Listening to the savage garden song "Two Beds and A Coffee Machine"
I learnt to appreciate the little things I have, even if it's a peg or a pin

And so I soliloquized the song as I strolled home
Another ditch in the road - KEEP MOVING
Another stop sign - KEEP MOVING ON

And the years would go by so fast
And you'd wonder how you ever made it through
Finally, what had I learnt?

That life is a challenge - FACE IT
Life is a journey - TRAVEL IT
Life is a song - SING IT
LIFE IS A STORY - TELL IT