Refuge
 
Daddy, Mummy, 
Set me free, 
the simulations scaring me.

Sidney, Sidney, 
take me home, 
I'm trapped here, all alone.

I want to laugh, 
to smile and play, 
I long to see the light of day.

Not my father, 
but all I know, 
If you loved me, 
you'd let me go.

Freedom comes at a price, 
as close as I'll get in my life.

Always running going nowhere, 
trying not to be taken back there.

Someone cries, 
I feel their tears, 
someone dies, 
I choke with fear.

Anyone who does this vicious act, 
could never know, 
till they've felt that.

So much sadness, 
so much joy, 
discovering like a little boy.

Cannot be brought back, 
but can be healed, 
all I did was learn to feel.

Nirvana Kliese <trihaven@squirrel.com.au>
Copyright and all that [1997]