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Crying Or Laughing You Asked Me Why

Crying or laughing you asked me why. Your contest begged me unveil The naked essence of what made me Mad as hell at the world, or vexed with you I hate grandstanding And posturing for cheap popularity People without privacy Who think the world has nothing more to do Than babysit their fallacy Cloaked in self righteous songs Of discord note. For such a waste of suffering I cry. And if I laugh Let me laugh for the mother and the baby playing Let me laugh with lovers splashing water Into the eyes Blinding self until it feels a deeper sight. And if I laugh Let me laugh with children playing Let me discover that you found where we keep The child in all of us. Play with your child in you, Do not over mother it, smother it, control it, pander to it For children know when they got you by the heart And they love to play puppeteers. I always laugh before I kiss a child with tears.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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