Heroes

I see a portrait of your face
in the window
through the thinning crowd
I see you plastered all around
like the hope you represent

do you ever see red
do you wonder how life could be given
do you ever see nothing
but empty shadows all around

I see the images of passion and hope spilling down my page
and I wonder
if I really speak the truth

do you ever give up
do you fall down in suburban apathy do you ever speak out only to find
you no longer know the truth

I think of those days
I was lost in despair
but for the child in my arms
I would still be there

so please
speak to me my darling child
no scars burn your hope
and you breath
with the freedom of the truth
oh please
reach for me my darling child
you are the fire in my eyes
and the lion in my heart

you are the fire in my eyes
and the lion in my heart

Nikki Berry 1989