Excerpt
Damaged
Sometimes I feel like the crystal wine glass
That falls on the ground and breaks into a million pieces
You know it’s no longer of use so you throw it away because
Its damaged!
That old cd of Janis Joplin that you use to play when you were younger
Dancing, singing and rocking to the music
Now its dusty, scratched and cracked
You know you have get rid of it now
Because like me its damaged
That old Mercedes benz you dad bought you for your 18th birthday
Expensive, beautiful, damn you loved that car like your baby
Every Saturday you raced your boys with it
Now 20 years has passed, the price has depreciated
And its cost more to fix
You look back` at those times with fond memories and smile
A bittersweet smile
Knowing it has go,
Because its damaged
Ten years later you horrified
By the slaughter of thousands of ethic minorities
You know it has to be stopped
Because man is damaged
You leave this earth
Sadly but yet hap