Empty Child

Empty child, sit by me
Tell me the flaws I cannot see
Show the pain that falls
So I may understand it all

Empty child, cry your tears
Stop holding close those harmful fears
Bandaged arms, what have you done?
Empty child, have you no fun?

Empty child, hold out your arms
Is that a knife clutched to your palms?
A broken heart, a broken child
A little soul that had once smiled

Empty child, where are you?
Are you dying, is it true?
I see the pain, I see the blood
But where, empty child, do these tears flood?

Empty child, don't you leave
Too little time for many to grieve
You opened your arms, you opened your heart
But poor empty child, you falling apart

Empty child, who fell from grace
Who cannot hide the tears upon their face
Hiding behind a door, blood soaking with a sob
The key thrusted into the door's knob

Empty child, open the door
Please now say you don't want this anymore
Take the tears away from your eyes
And no longer see these broken lies

Empty child, stop this
another scar to seem no one will miss
A promise of love, and forever, a chance
Spells the ending to your young hearted romance

Empty child, another whisper undone to sight
Tomorrow left for morning's plight
Wish the days are free and real
But the problems are too large not to feel

Empty child, wish upon a star
You know the way, but it seems so far
Wish upon your heart for reason to give in
And leave this earth, the empty child sin