To True Men
Take my hand and fly with me,
We're creating a democracy,
With rules that children must obey,
Where they do more than kill and play,
Take my hand and come my way,
You're giving them ideas today.
You're smart and you can show them how
They've always wondered up 'til now.
Take my hand and glide with me,
We're working hard to set them free,
To let the boys do as they wish,
To feed them more than fruit and fish,
Take my hand and step along,
You've got to be brave; you've got to be strong,
Don't let them think of you as shy,
You've got plans, you'll tell them why,
Take my hand and come with me,
They're not important, you can see,
You don't care, you'll show no mercy,
Sending their bodies to the cold blue sea.
Take my hand and follow through,
You've forgotten everything you knew,
You memorized your lines; you memorized your place,
But I've done more to see your face.
Take my hand and I'll come too,
I've noticed a bond in both of you,
I can't compete with the love that I see
Between you and your brother, you and he,
I'll take your hand if you take mine,
I'm lonely now from time to time,
I'll wait here for the end to come,
Of this story told one word, by one.
Dedicated to Sir. William Golding