How can you sleep through the night?
How can you sleep through the night...
When lying in another room, a little boy
has his heart breaking...
How can you close your eyes...
When his spirit is being tormented and
his soul is being torn...
You are to him someone to look up too...
Yet, when he does, it's to see the incoming
blow, the poke, or the pinch...
Why must this Little One suffer...
Because he has not learned the control of
things that come along with love and training...
Why must he always be punished...
Because he loves his Daddy too much, and
wants to be with him...
Is that so wrong...He's just a little boy, who
wants to be loved and have the freedom to
grow and to experience all things...
You might learn from this Little One...
Learn to love, learn to see life through a
childs eyes...learn to forgive...
But, will he forgive...It's hard to say...He may
forgive one day...because his heart is pure...
But, will he ever forget...that I doubt...
Not only are there marks and bruises that
are seen on his body...What about the marks
on his spirit and soul...the bruises on his heart...
He looks up to us as adults for love and
guidance...But, in his first few years of life, he
is being taught, to love someone, means pain...
To learn control as an adult, means having to
be punished for accidents as a child...Hugs, I
was taught, gets better results, than hits...
It worked with my son...He never drinks, smokes
and never experimented with drugs...and when
he has a problem, we talk it out...quiet talks...
I listen, I offer advice and I support his decisions...
Why? Because most of the time he does listen,
because he knows I love him...I don't lie to him...
So, how can you sleep through the night...When a
Little One is lying there wondering what tomorrow
holds...where will the next blow hit...and why?
When I look at his picture and see those bright eyes
of blue...I see a sadness too...that shouldn't be
there...nor should the marks...all I want to do is
Take him in my arms...dry the tears from his eyes...
And tell him not to fear...For another man in a robe,
will listen at last...will set him free from your torment...
Free to be a child...free to sing...to laugh...to play...
Free to go places and explore...and at last, he is
free to love his Daddy, with all his heart...
How can you sleep through the night...knowing
that one day your judgement will come...and oh
what torment your soul will endure...
