Lamentation of us
I have seen the faces of us in the eyes of children
I have seen fate fall apart in the eyes of children
I have walked many streets, in circles
And within glances of ice I have seen the children
I have seen many lives taken
by the hands of the ones who aren’t many
I have seen the face of a child in each hand that went by
As nothing
For the rest of us is today,
For them is an everyday of eternal redemption
Forgive us for looking the other way in the eyes of children
When we had too much in our tables, our children
They did not have one need unserved
And so we had looked away in the eyes of children
It cannot be fair to be fed while the rest of the Earth is scarce
The Earth is not all for one, but one and for all
And still, it’s sad and it’s children
And still we can’t see in the eyes
In the still, hoping eyes of always believing children
Why did we run away from the sorrow?
We had no gain
Why did we sell our silence?
We had no gain
Why is it coming back now to haunt us?
We had no gain
Forgive us for we looked the other way, for running in circles like fools
We meant to be good in the eyes of children
We meant to do good
No good
We have to reveal
A clear crystal view
The only privileged in this world will be the children