Kiss your children tonight
For tomorrow by this time
A little more of the innocence
In this world would have been lost
It has been in the throes of death
For a good while now
But lately the cries of agony
Have been piercing through the night
Even as death set its claws
The first piece chipped away
It flailed and wailed for help
But too busy we were to listen
You were not the one who killed it
Certainly, neither was I
But in good faith can we say
That we never cast a stone?
Through that kiss you may hope
Generations and generations forth
They may not remember us
As the ones who let darkness prevail
Through that kiss to your children
Transmit a little love, an apology
Say, we couldn't stop its fall
But in it and in you as well
We shall believe forever
