JUST A LITTLE REST

JUST A LITTLE REST

I don’t need your sorrow, nor your pity or your shame

I just need a little time to learn how to play this game

The rules are always changing nothing ever stays the same

I just need a little rest to ease this endless pain

Find a pillow for my head wake me up before I’m dead

Then tell me it was all just a bad dream

And all the trouble and the strife were never in my life

And the road ahead is filled with happiness

My wife has left me, my mother died, my parents kicked me out

I drink a little more than I should, I have so many doubts

My husband lost his mind today and gave us all a clout

and I just need a little rest to sort my problems out

These are just some of the reasons people live upon the streets

So have a little empathy for the homeless that we meet

A little smile, an encouraging word to help them get on their feet

For when they’ve had their little rest they will quietly retreat

They know where to get a little food the Salvo’s up the road

although there not religious people it eases their heavy load

They wander round the streets by day, and slowly they erode

all they need is a little rest before there mind explodes

The game they found so hard to play is the game that we call life

There in a jungle with so many vines entangling them in strife  

and all they need to get them through is a simple magic knife

filled with love and understanding and encouragement that’s rife

This is just a little thought that may help them find the light

When darkness is all around them and their world’s an endless night 

“CLOSE YOUR EYES, LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART AND SAY, TIME TO IGNITE

  AND LET THE FLAMES OF POSITIVITY BE YOUR GUIDING LIGHT”

JUST A LITTLE REST