Child of the world

you are sometimes hungry

sometimes rich

sometimes your life is beautiful

sometimes it’s a bitch

you are the self

in search of itself

you are the one who helps

and needs help

you are the way

growing inside of me everyday

you are the path

you are the road

you are the one

ready to explode

you can’t keep it

inside anymore

you are the one

no one can ignore

you are the door

the link the key

that must restore

child

child of the world

you are the vision

the one born blind

the just the unjust

the wicked the kind

you need to unwind

you cannot be defined

child

child of the world

you are innocent

unformed wild

with outstretched arms

forming a smile

child

child of the world

you are the one who bleeds

 

the one who cries

 

blocked up inside

 

you are ready to rise

 

you work all day

 

to put food on the table

 

you belong to everyone and no one

 

you are so able

 

child

 

child of the world

 

 

 

you will stop destruction

 

hatred the war

 

you are the present

 

we are living for

 

you are the dreamer

 

you are the dream

 

you are the one

 

to silence the scream

 

the hope of tomorrow

 

the prayer of today

 

you are the path

 

you are the way

 

child

 

child of the world

 

 

 

bridge:

 

your hands

 

can shape the new world

 

new life

 

can touch your heart

 

you are the glue that holds us together

 

before we all fall apart

 

child

 

child of the world

 

 

 

you are the future

 

you want a radical change

 

you will make sense out of chaos

 

reunite the estranged

 

you will find a purpose

 

a reason a passion for living

 

make sense out of it all

 

you are the meaning of giving

 

child

 

child of the world

 

 

 

 

STEPHEN JOHN KALINICH

 

©2009

 

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