Just can't see the light

“CAN’T SEE THE LIGHT…”

 

She walked in as her mother lay in bed with another guy,

And hated her for all this time

Until one day her mother stroked and died

Daddy lay there stoned and drunk

He never even cried

Left to fend for her two young brothers herself all alone

Everything’s so sad around her ice cold home

Had to quit her studies and go work seven days a week

She has no plans, she’s got no dreams, because today her futures bleak

Abused as a child, neglected as an adolescent, she’s used to the pain

And everyday she seems to blame

Herself for hating mum till she died

She doesn’t know what tomorrow will bring, or where she must go from here

But she tries

Hard to be strong for the boys, always working on a new ploy,

To bring them joy, she simply must get through these cold and lonely days

And find ways to keep herself strong, she can’t afford to do wrong

To much weighing on her young shoulders right now

She’s made a vow to keep her cool and not break down,

She’s steadily losing the fight because this strife is always around

Oh what to do, what to do, support or give up and leave the world

I’m only a young girl

Where does my happiness come in, I need to believe in God someday

She keeps saying out loud, I've just got to find another more spiritual way

She just can’t see the light…

‘She just can’t see the light…”

SARFARAAZ IS LEARNING THE WORLD

OCTOBER 2007

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SARFARAA MUKUDDEM

PIECE