HOW LONG?
     

[Soaring, looping].

How long
Must she wait down here
Watching while those coloured birds
Wheel and disappear
Always expected
To fly high in the sky
Did the weight of expectation
Make her fall right down and cry

How long
'Til hope comes back around
Sneaks away so silently
Leaves without a sound
Her cage is large
Hard to see the bars
Dreams can slip between them
Way up to the stars

Her sky blue eyes
Fill up with tears
The world is cruel
So full of fears
She is a lighthouse
Glowing with love
She shines below
She shines above
She will not rest
'Til she has made
A better world than one which hurts her
Treats her as a slave

How long
Must she wait for him
On his crazy orbit
Off on any whim
The ground is hard
Water is so soft
When they meet she is complete
Dreaming and aloft

How long
Must the tall trees fall
All this beauty swept aside
Streets and shopping malls
How many things
Does a person need
Holes left in their spirits
Fill them up with greed

Her sky blue eyes
Dissolve with tears
The world is beautiful
But full of fears
She is a lighthouse
Glowing with love
She shines below
She shines above
She will not rest
'Til she has found
A place where she can be herself
And put her burden down



© David Lowe 2004