Most people only see the man

Who wanders--drifts from day to day--

Who feels no pain
When he passes on.

But I showed you the child

Who remains--and keeps going back

No matter the pain--
Because there's only one mother to go to.

I showed you the child

Speechless

Helpless

Hungry.

I showed you the child

Laughing

Tender

Loving.

The man can handle the loss of you

Cooly with reason

Wisely with reflection

With a "That's the way it is" and a

"That's the way it goes."

The child just moans for his mother,
The child just groans for his lover

Because there's nothing else to do
And no place else to go.

By James Kavanaugh -- From Sunshine Days and Foggy Nights