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Now most would say that I was wrong advising him this way Politically incorrect to ask he stand and pay

I have a friend who claims that she will return here reborn one day The essence of morality bereft of our mortal decay

Behind those eyes then rose a tear the first blood I had ever drew From the depths of his tiny soul where innocence bid me adieu

With them go my joys and sorrows this life spent chasing dreams The grandiose philosophy built of my lofty hopes and schemes

I sent him the book to peruse in the hopes that it would cheer him To ease the blues and heal his bruise though the diagnosis was grim

To have a warm and a faithful friend who cheers in an adverse hour Is the gift you never wish offend to inherit life's great dower

My son thought it an adventure learning how to build on real scale Who could say they don't love the day when their sons light shone in detail

So with a pocket full of dreams I traced the river as it flowed More like a stray finding his way I departed the winding road

Why is it we all tolerate what in real life we would not take The art of being someone’s friend just to use them for our own sake

How is it that the continent from which we all must have come Is only now finding freedom out from under a despots thumb