Member Poem

Lay me down in tasteful green,
so that I can believe,
that maybe I can be someone,
Who knows you won’t leave,

So that I won’t lay in my cradle,
And cry all night long,
Just wishing for always,
That you’ll come back home,

So that I won’t take my first steps,
Without you here with me,
So that I won’t fall asleep,
Without my story,

And that when I learn to talk back,
that you’ll be patient and kind,
And that you won’t send me away,
When I say my toy’s mine,

And when I go to school,
And I shed a few tears,
and I say I wanna go home,
Please
don’t leave me here,

But I’ll sit in my room,
As I learn to lie,
And I’ll realize,
that I‘m not alright,

Because this young man,
Is a little boy inside,
Who can’t take the stress,
And can’t take the lies,

And inside he’s weak,
And he’s young and naïve,
And he still likes his stories,
And to make believe,

And when he lies down at night,
without one peep,
It’s robots and aliens,
Th at sing him to sleep.
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