heart breaks

do you hear those bell toll?
        swaying in the cold sky,
        "ding-dong!" filling the cold dawn,
        amidst "ho-ho-hos", "ha-ha-has!"
heaven cries! little girl stands
        helpless amidst heaven's tears
        drenched in despair,
        hand stretched, palm open---
        imploring, eyes searching,
        surviving, not living
        in tether of hope amidst hopelessness
        such evil sight,
        evil we men do!
we hide amidst drapes of darkness and night,
        shamed in chains
        amidst tether of hope in hopelessness,
we do great evil in the light of day!
        innocent blood spilled,
        blood of future generations
        washed in such hate,
        spilled in waste!
does such evil be worst fate---
        surviving day-after-day
        no hope potential surpass?!
        like that little girl drenched
        in heaven's tears, drowning
        without hope her potential surpass?!
what fools we be!
        in chains we bind ourselves to!
we, shamed in these chains!
        chains that bind this darkness!
        night that can not bring hope
        in our hopelessness,
        shadows that can not wipe away
        tears in little girl's face,
        dry those drenched clothes
        bring light in her way!
what folly we wrought?
        in chains! in chains!
this madness we claim!
        trapped by our idiocy,
this foolishness we cling!
        madness we bring,
this Sol lay bare
        preying eyes to see!
such despair in chains we be,
in cloaks of darkness wrapped
        to hide, to live in shame?
"NO!" in drapes of shadows,
in strength, in darkness,
        will to bend, to shape
        armor 'n iron fist wield
        mightily against these fools!
        can it be?
fools that steal, wretched fools!
        simple kindness forget---
        we be human--?
        we still all be guilty!
is there strength in these cloaks of night?
        power to loose those in chains?
a tired little girl drenched
        in heaven's tears searching
        for hope amidst hopelessness,
do you hear those bell toll?
        swaying in the cold sky,
        "ding-dong!" filling the cold dawn,
        amidst "ho-ho-hos", "ha-ha-has!"
we hide amidst drapes of darkness and night,
        shamed in chains
        amidst tether of hope in hopelessness,
        doesn't it shatter?
        heart breaks.