I cant scream you out to the world
I cant hold you still in my bosom
I cant suffer the pain of bearing you
Unknown to the universe, sometimes even to my heart
I want you to stay alive
As sculpture, even it be on a worthless stone
Or even a verse on a yellowing paper
So that someday someone will find you
To give a patient ear to your silent tears,
Your deepest fears and desires unspoken.
Someday will he realise
That there lived in the ages past
A woman who could not keep you to herself
Who had to push you out into the unkind world
Into the hands of the anonymous stranger
Who would bring to life in his fantasies,
The enigmatic woman whose orphan you are
