The Conflict In Thee
A baby is born
A baby cries
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the lies
You'll grow and grow
See life through a child's eyes
Mystery unknown under magic skies!
The senses you'll feel
A world so big, so unreal!
The taste of young love
The dreams that seem so very real
The mind awakens in you
You can't be prepared for how you'll feel
A burning desire to do what you should not do
Be prepared to be misunderstood
Be prepared to do good
With gritted teeth you'll see what lies beneath the skin in the conflict in thee
Be prepared for adulthood
See the world through grown up eyes
Protect the mind behind your eyes
For all the fears and all the lies
That breed out or grown ups
Dismissed, overlooked, meaningless cries
Where cruelty exists, where they smile at your cries
For the lies you will tell, and you will tell lies
For all the pain you subject from feelings you'll disguise
When the animal within sees so clear through your eyes
All the wrongs that you right, all the rights that you'll wrong
Will mean as much to you as the blinks of your eyes.
Copyright © A Yorkshire Poet | Year Posted 2016
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