mother may I please know peace
will this torment never end
will days uncolored by grief
ever pass this way again
prayers whispered by a child
cast against the crimson skies
banished to the bracing wilds
this is where innocence dies
mother may I breathe again
passed these days of stolen air
did you note my breathing end
did you even find you cared
prayers whispered by a child
shed like many of their tears
here they’re cataloged and filed
phantoms of forgotten years
mother may I know the way
to carry what I can’t lift
what’s the trick to see this weight
as if it’s some sort of gift
prayers whispered by a child
cast against the crimson skies
banished to the bracing wilds
this is where the children die
mother may I please know peace
will this torment never end
will days uncolored by grief
ever pass this way again
