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Faceless Child

Last night, the same old dream began

A room with no view

& I\'ve seen that faceless child again

Was it me, or you?

 

It carried the spirit of twenties, so pale

A fading landscape

Like a memory with one wrong detail

Humming on the tape

 

& I was so afraid to talk

I don\'t even know what would he say

Was it me, or was it you?

In a different life, finding a different way

 

I was afraid to look at him

Afraid to know I was designed to fail

& you were finally given a chance

A much better life to inhale

 

I was so afraid to learn

That it wasn\'t a dream at all

But a vision of what\'s to be

Just me... or you... prepared to fall

 

But maybe it\'s all I\'ve known so far

A new cut to remind of every old scar

Maybe I\'ve just desired to go wild

Trapped in the image of that faceless child

Maybe I was born to wish not to care

About any war that we declare

& I\'m waiting for each flower to get plucked

To learn I was designed to self destruct

 

Last night came a child I won\'t forget

Carrying autumn in his soul

Was it me, or you? The child I\'ve met

A picture of a half without a whole