Swan Song

 

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One woman tried to cut her wrists -

She hid it from the gossips and they said 

Goodbye - there's not been enough dinners 

for us to stay -

You must pay for our friendship with your bread.

One man camps at night in the pouring rain

He wants to save a few more dollars today 

But when he gets home, he hears how they

told his wife how he -

Spends all his time away on drink and play.

Look at the swan, gliding there

Every graceful, ever fair

She sits serene on a sea of glass -

But underneath, the feet are paddling fast.

One woman had a friend, dark and disturbed 

And the darkness could not bear to gaze upon the light 

So she told her she was ugly, broken and unformed, tore

her down until -

That once shining beauty disappeared into the night.

One man has a wife who dies a little every day

He carries the weight of both their worlds forever 

And others watch and wait and say that he's too sombre

for them to ever agree -

Never knowing he's given up praying for her to be set free.

Look at the swan, gliding there

Every graceful, ever fair

She sits serene on a sea of glass -

But underneath, the feet are paddling fast.

'But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.' 

James 3:8