Square One

Always the new kid with no friends Every time we moved, my heart was shot Never getting the time or love to mend And back to Square One, I’d have to start Walls were built up, stone barriers to my soul Every time I began to let anyone in again Just to learn I’m on the move again There’s pieces of me, scattered many miles apart Friends who don’t know me, but I remember them Acquaintance with the whole world, who has no one They all moved on with their lives And back to Square One, I’d start Many nights alone, the formative years Witnessing the slow decay of a family As the other kids played A young man’s eyes filled with tears Loneliness had it’s way with me It gripped my heart and soul Relentlessly, and to this day Never gave up control My loving mother, frustrated by the news My father always brought That we were bound again to move And back to Square One, I’d have to start I’m an outcast even though I’m not Time made me one, I had no choice And the harsh circumstances I never got a chance, had no voice There’s pieces of me, scattered many miles apart Friends who don’t know me, but I remember them Acquaintance with the whole world, who has no one They all moved on with their lives And back to Square One, I’d start