Reader Meet Author

You don't know a thing
about their lives
They live where you
wouldn't dare to drive
You shake as you think
of how they sleep
But you write as if you
all lie side by side
Reader, meet Author

With the hope of
hearing sense
But you may be feeling
let down
By the words of defence
He says ";No-one ever
sees me when I cry";
You don't know a thing
about their lives

Books don't save them,
books aren't Stanley knives
And if a fight broke
out here tonight
You'd be the first away,
because you're that type
And the year 2000 won't
change anyone here
As each fabled promise
flies so fast

You'll swear it was
never there
Oh, have you ever escaped
from a shipwrecked life ?
So safely with your software,
miles from the front line
You hear the way their sad
voice sings, and you start to
imagine things
Oh, any excuse to write more lies