When Can I Cry? © Elaine Jones 2005 (version 1)
When I was one year,I fell and skinned my knee.
My mother hugged me. She said “Don't cry.”
When I was ten years,
I got beat up at school.
The teacher gently said “Don't cry.”
When I was twenty years,
I lost my true love.Friends gathered round. They said, “Don't cry.”
When I was thirty years,
my mother, then my father died.
My pastor told me - they are in a better place “Don't cry”
When I was forty, my alcoholic
husband [wife] left.
Everyone said - you'll have a
better life “Don't cry.”When I was fifty years, my young daughter took an overdose,
The social worker said, you did your best “Don't cry”
When I was sixty my dearest son was
killed in war,
The president sent me a letter, it said I had a son who was very brave “Don't cry”
When I was seventy years, I was
broke…
no money - couldn't buy oil for
heat.
Wall Street journal said…
Things will get better, “Don't cry.”
When I was eighty years, I lost my
home. I had nowhere to go,
I'm all alone… Can't cryAnd now at ninety I lie here…
Waiting…
Waiting to be buried…
I just want to know... When?
When can I cry???
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