Now I've Grown - written & sung by Michele Brenton

My heart won't smile, my soul won't sing.
My dreams and faith have taken wing.
I've learned the lessons I was shown.

I was a child - but now I've grown.

You showed that truths were only lies,
that one who fails is one who tries.
I dried my tears and stood alone.

I was a child - but now I've grown.

All things come to those who take.
If you don't care - then you can't break.
You start and end this life alone.

I was a child - but now I've grown.

I once had hopes.
I once had dreams.
Believed in love
and other things.

You turned my heart into a stone.
I once had hope - but now I've grown.

I can't forgive, my will won't bend.
I'm no-one's love, I'm no-one's friend.
I've taken all that I've been thrown.

I was a child.
But now I've grown.
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I wrote this ten years ago. It was written for all the children who come into this world new and full of love, hope, dreams and tenderness. And get all that kicked out of them.

I wish that governments and individuals would stop seeing love, nurturing and family life as some sort of experimental playground. The sentence "Forgive them Father - they know not what they do," keeps replaying in my head. But I cannot find forgiveness for authorities who tinker with children's well being as a political or strategic policy. I am more in sync. with the tie them in a sack and throw them into the sea, school of thinking.

Why is it so difficult for those in power to understand?
A child/baby needs consistent love from a consistent carer - preferably a parent, who is relaxed and valued in their role as a parent.

Everything good flows from this ONE truth.