To begin a song for time
I must first begin
my life for each of these
youths I call my kin.
I cannot repress for long
the thoughts within my skull,
and so time's song shall now be
longer and more full.
Do not harm these children, please,
as you henceforth have;
through whatev'r's done to me
I hope for them to save.
In these two children, while not mine
I have taken pride
their antics I do not condone
which I refuse to hide.
Three and five, these children are.
For their lives are hard
there's not much more that they can take.
I must be their bard.
