He liked to be alone Lie on his back & stare at the sky, It's clouds made shapes only a child could make. Some older boys approached, he knew fear. They beat him, grabbed him by his limbs & stretched him out. The went into the water, his face to the sky, He couldn't swim, never tried. One pulled a knife & noreamed, "Do yo want to Die?" Never cried, hold it all inside.
Shame, lay down your guns, Shame, we are one, Shame, hold your head high, Shame, there is no time.
He was dropped into the water. "No". He cried out as the boys ran away. It was shallow, he didn't need to swim. The moment hit him, he ran home. Last Love. Scared & stammering, be told his Mom of the boys, The knife & the water. She beat for being somewhere she told him not to go. Where was the Love this child was supposed to know? Never cried, hold it all inside.
Hold me now, don't let me fall apart. Hold me now, i haven't got the strength. Hold me now, got to find time. Hold me now, time to fix it right.
If I turn my back things won't change, It I walk away things will stay the same. Hold me now. The memories will stay the same if I walk away. Do you see what I see? Do you feel what I fell? The lines are drawn, damage done. just a boy... Just a boy.