Child's Hope

Dusty skin and windswept hair
Why bother with looks when there’s no one to care?
No one except that lifeless sweet breeze
That runs o’er land, fire and seas
Wrapping me softly in a timeless embrace
Lying to sleep my unweathered face
Kissing my eyes shut gently with prayers
When a voice in the distance yells as loud as it dares
"I’m the darkness you run from, I’m the fear in your heart
Why end your life now when you've hardly a start?
A start on the laughter, the joy and the fun?
Please don’t leave when you’ve hardly begun"
I spin on my heals, my expression quite wild
But who I find so upset is merely a child.
He runs to my lap, eyes glassy with tears
I pat his sweet head and ponder his fears.
We sit for a while until the wind howls my name
"that lifeless sweet breeze is ridden with shame"
The little boy says, quite solemnly
With a sigh, I ask him what brought him to me.
"I’m just a child of god and he said your were lost,
He told me to find you, whatever the cost"