Beautiful Child/Run

I'm not quite sure what to call this yet, but I wrote it when I was quite upset about this. I'll tell you what its about at the end, because I want you to read it from your perspective, not one I've shoved down your throat.

Beautiful child,
In chains,
I can barely hear your strangled lullaby,
Your shackles scream louder then you.

The dreaded sun,
Will rise,
On another hopeless, burdened day,
You can barely endure.

I say,
Run,
Run to the freelands,
Away from tomorrow,
Away from the past. (x2)

When will it end?
Your chains,
When will I see your hands be freed,
To do as you wish as they would.

I say,
Run,
Run to the freelands,
Away from tomorrow,
Away from the past.

Oh,
I wish you could run,
Run,
Run to the freelands,
Away from tomorrow,
Away from the past,
Away from him.


This song was written about the terrible issue of slavery, currently there are 30 million slaves being treated as though they have no tomorrow. Which most of them don't, and its thoroughly depressing, and its hard for me, as a North Shore-ian who has the choice to do almost anything on a daily basis to empathise. But if you want more info (and I pray you do) http://www.thefreedomproject.org/

I believe its part of God's plan for my life to help eradicate slavery. I want to help re-abolish slavery.