Josiah Vermont

My Child who is up All Night
–Josiah Vermont

You take my child who is up all night
to the city that never sleeps
I’m not sure what i think about that
but my chest is a cavity
My words must be empty
You don’t pay them any heed
Calm down, breathe!
Calm down! Breathe..

Do you know the crime rate in the Big Apple?
The response time of their police?
Are you aware of global threats?
Iran? Blackouts? World War 3?
Do you have a contingency plan
in case communication lines should cease?
Calm down, breathe
Calm down, breathe..

You take my child who is up all night
Head down the highway to the east
You cross the Rainbow Bridge and bar us
with a border between
Call this separation a vacation
that will bring you and I peace
And don’t care how this affects
her and me