“Some Pieces Are Gone”

“Some Pieces Are Gone”

(Tom Entrican 8-24-22)

He woke up exhausted so long, long ago

And something just did not seem right

Why this was, the young man did not know

With sleep but a stranger through the night

He was different, he knew from others around

With nothing but fears, remained withdrawn

Retreats to his space, no others allowed

It felt like some pieces were gone

Mom don’t understand, and dad does not care

With no guidance he grows into himself

He becomes a man who is not aware

And he sits all alone on the shelf

Few friends in his life, he is different by far

No love, and as cries until dawn

He self medicates as he strums his guitar

‘Cause he knows that some pieces are gone

As he starts to grow old he tries to hold on

To his faith the gives him the glue

Still hard to remain what some call sane

It is Heaven that he now pursues

Few understand what it takes not to cry

For someone who was built slightly wrong

He is just this way for he does not know why

He was born with so many pieces gone