The Child

By: Anna Iachino © KODA 2006

(written in 1976)

The Child
 
 
I saw you again
Your smile was gone
 
I saw you in pain
Your time was drawn
 
You shed a tear
I wiped it off your cheek
 
You touched me
I trembled, I felt weak
 
A burning sensation
Entered my heart
 
I looked away
You tore me apart
 
For the first time I cried
I wanted to stop, I swear I tried
 
You fell in my arms
Like a child would
 
I kissed you twice
As best as I could
 
I closed your eyes
You opened mine
I saw how a lovely person dies