You Don't Know   My friend I often wonder as I see you waiting there Muzzled, sad and silent, as the hammer makes a roar Yet another chapter ended, another person there Small cages in a different van, no more lying on the floor A stranger holds your collar, no kindness in his eyes He doesn't see the loneliness, he doesn't feel your cries     The brightness brings the howling, more eyes behind the wire All aching for an answer, its good you don't know more For if you knew hugs and softness, of another life that's there Your sadness would engulf you, your yearning even more     If only I could show you, how your sadness is my core I'm crying too, I feel your pain ,I'm trying to do more If you knew of the other places, white coats machines or more or of the pain under the Spanish sun, your suffering would be more     You don't know of the others, the thousands and the score The men who killed your brothers, the dead behind the door They think your life is worthless, they are missing so much more The love and trust you shelter, would serve them so much more     The day will come I promise When all gentle greys are free Of the pain and sores and emptiness With freedom just to 'be' Please know that some are fighting To make the humans see Your brothers are already gone But just lift your head, its me     You don't know yet my sad one, but I'm right beside you now With years of hope and blankets to wrap you in, just be A new life's just beginning, a soft bed awaits you'll see I'm here to take you home with me ..... the future is hugs and me. B Wright