And There I Sit

And there I sit, staring out of my window
out into a world of pain & lose that I do no understand.
Yesterday a baby died, & a mother cried.

And there I sit, staring out of my window
out into a world of pain & suffering I have not felt.
Today a brother will die, & a sister will cry.

And there I sit, staring out of my window
out into a world of pain & disaster I hope to miss.
Tomorrow a father will fall,
a son will crumble,
& a brother will not wake.
A man will die
& no tears will be shed
no, non at all.

By Pete Scopes