First Step

Lady, lady, come here quick!

My knees won’t work and my lips can’t speak.

Where those summer days with joys were gone,

Clouds still shape and the rains shall drop.

For it is not long till the soil had none

Thy nourished then grow, but forever will stop.

Lady, lady, get out quick!

Can’t you see work, priorities at its peak?

With the unending sky, comes the mightiest in me

Reach ‘em, grab ‘em, not everything’s free.

The riches of this world is to be chased, not to be wasted

To stop means to leave my body that is dead.

Lady, lady, help me please!

I loved her too much, and I’m stuck with this.

She gave me rainbows when I couldn’t even paint white on my black

Not again, oh never again will I find someone to make me hold!

But now dreams faded, shall I move on and pack?

I’m afraid I am not me anymore, youthful and bold.

Lady, lady, don’t check me please!

Don’t ruin my life, leave it as it is.

‘Hail Mary’ nor ‘Glory be’, neither will save the real me

I am the lord of my world; from the chains I will flee!

Brace thyself for the call and the shout of the young blood

Wild and energetic, now who is the god?

Lady, lady, have I ever told you?

You’re the most beautiful and I really love you.

I’m sorry for failing my exams, dirtying my little t-shirt

I’m sorry for all the times that I make your chest hurt.

And even though I mess up like breaking our flower vase into two,

You’d still give me my candies, won’t you?

Lady, Oh lady! Come here quick!

For my knees first work and my lips first speak

What my heart contains, what your heart remains.

Your voice and your touch are like the fuels of my veins.

I continually thank my God for giving me you

My mother, my first step is for you!

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