where holds a light
lost
lost in the night
a small candle unlit
searching for a shadow
to cast upon outside
concrete wall
children’s wishes search in vain
just a stain of darkness
where are these children
searching dreaming hoping

a young lost child’s song
small and unheard
dares to sing
and music calls to the light
nothing bright
what might be
if all the lost children dared
to sing that child’s
song of light

- jude