For my child
My child, my sweet, sweet child
I have always wondered why you hurt so much
Why this world is so cruel
I look into your eyes as I stare into these pictures of you
A painted smile - has it really been a while?
since last you laughed with a joy filled heart
since the pain I see behind those eyes, was never there at all
I reached for those pictures like a blind child
I feel that way around you sometimes
a boy, a lost child unable to do anything
I sit quietly and feel your pain
I can’t make it go away
I can’t take any of it into me
but we can share it - like our own private secret
until it is gone
I close my eyes . . . I don’t have the pretty words to help you
oh my sweet, sweet child
All I have left are three words
words as old as time
I love you . . . they will just have to be enough
1999 Hector Pinedo
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