You were like a father
Teaching his little daughter the cruel ways of the world
But I am not a little girl
Though my vessel may imply such an age,
My soul hath been alive centuries.

I have seen the ways of men
I have witnessed their love, their hatred,
Their hope and their sorrow.
I have learned and wept of their destructive wars,
The ways the learn to kill their own
Brothers, Friends, Children, Race.

I am all emotions
With each dream, each hope, each thought of man
I have been there.
I have witnessed so much,
So many memories haunt my being
If I told you what I knew you'd be struck silent in wonder.

I have felt the anger,
The rejection, faith, hope, peace, passion,
Resolve, pain, fear, pride, despair
Of all men...
Yet


I have yet to experience love.


And as I looked into your eyes that night
So devoted and caring, and asked of love
My eyes welled with the tears...of millions,
Century-old tears,
And I became again the little girl begging her daddy
Not to leave her, but to shelter her,
Love her as only a father can love his daughter.

You were my refuge, my salvation.
You hold me from losing my balance
And tilting wildly out of control,
Lost in the world.
You keep me sane and hide me from cruelty
If you only knew my true soul...

The things I hide away, behind a mask
I am always cheerful, never tiring
But you don't see the unpainted me.
Nobody does, and I'm afraid nobody ever will until
It's Too LATE and I am gone,
My knowledge and strength lost in history.

Won't somebody try to get inside,
Or is no one brave enough?
Do not let my pretense fool you...
Inside I am pained, growing
Increasingly dark day by day

You want to be my father?
Then wipe away my cocoon, my costume,
And once you know me...



Show me to the WORLD.