The Child Set the stage Lights to the actors Velvet curtains open Watchful eyes eager for the show Prologue Disguised men step to the stage Building a story of life Soulless strangers Surround an ignorant child Moving in-and-out Swaying side-to-side Strangers mold the child's mind Sets the path of life Gathering in a circle Surrounding the child The strangers remove their mask Familiar Faces shine through Familiar Faces teach right from wrong Truth from fantasy Praises the child Scolds the child Familiar Faces Or Input and Output Or Father and Mother Or Where the Heart Is Who is Input? Who is Output? Questions to be unanswered Answers left only to the imagination Child grows Child matures Questions? Answered Act 1 (L0v3) Child Does (Not) Understand He Can (Not) Take the world Child Can (Not) Secure love Love Will (Not) Work Love Is (Not) Easy Love Is (Not) Stable Love Needs Time To grow Child Takes Love By the horns Child Holds firm Faulters Stabbed Act 2 (3mbR4c3) Input and Output Father and Mother Guide Child once more Reteach the right from wrong Where the Heart Is opens its arms Warm embrace Met by a cold shoulder Child doesn't need embrace Child is old enough Mature enough Strong enough Child doesn't need embrace Child meets Lady Luck Lady Luck catches Child Supports Child Child embraces Lady Luck Smooth flight Easy passage Child has the high-road Child relies on his Lady Luck Lady Luck can save Child Lady Luck will save Child Lady Luck embraced Child Child loved Lady Luck Luck Will (Not) Survive Luck Is An Illusion Luck Always Double Crosses Act 3 (cRumbL3) Child expends his Lady Luck Child uses his Lady Luck Treats her like the O2 he breathes Lady Luck crumbles Child turns his back on the world Sees the wrong Embraces the fantasies Blames them for his downfall Them Input and Output Father and Mother Where the Heart Is Child refused to accept He was a child Not close to a man Every mistake set him back another peg Wrong becomes the norm Fantasies become desires All Child loved turned to resentment Returned to the ignorance he was born with Child peaked Child hit the top The best The Worst Guilt Guilt ran rampant through Child Pupils shrink Brain clicks Realization Realization that he broke a sacred bond A sacred bond with Where the Heart Is Where the Heart Is sees all the faults Guilt Guilt runs rampant through Where the Heart Is Pupils shrink Brain clicks Act 4 (Embrace) Child meets Input Child meets Output Where the Heart Is molds together Warm embrace between Father, Mother, and Child Child reforms Learns right from wrong Truth from fantasy Child grows to Man Where the Heart Is knows They never faltered Input never broke Output never failed Man, Loving Wife, and Child Embrace with Where the Heart Is Learning through errors Loving through success Man Or Input Or Father Or a fraction of Where the Heart Is Teaches Child His mistakes His faults To guide Child Man, who was once Child Mutters Very carefully Meaningfully Thank You |