Child

I don't know quite what's happening

And my eyes don't see too clear

All I know is I need you here

If only to shield me from the mood of the world

And hold me and say it doesn't matter

But I'm like a child whose dreams are shattered

Crowding round me: Images of broken thought

Lines of my life now overgrown

All I can feel is I'm so alone

Without even your bright eyes to reach into my mind

And say that in my life I've done right

And I'm like a moonchild in the sunlight

So cast your thoughts upon me, wherever you are

That I may feel you close beside me

And hold your hand, for you to guide me

Through all these catacombs which freeze me with their touch

Unknowing, knowing so much, my mind cries out

And I'm like a child when the light's out

With a child's fear of the dark