Somebody

Somebody wonders

If you stand alone

In darkened rooms

Holding your head in your hands

As you watch your dreams

Slipping by –

And somebody wonders

If you cry for mercy, then.

Somebody wonders

If you laugh like a child

When the sun shines after

A downpour of rain.

And somebody wonders

If you dance in the wind

Like a soul liberated

By the passion of joy.

Somebody wonders

If you’re lonely and sad

And somebody cares

To know you’re finally glad.

And somebody wishes

That somebody could be

By your side when you are lonely

And need company.

Somebody wonders

If anyone

Is taking care of you.

And somebody wishes

That somebody could fight

All the fears and the pain

That stop you in mid-flight

To the skies

To the stars

To the Sun.

Somebody exists

Somebody who cares

And if you ever need a friend –

Somebody’s always here.

Vanita Shukla Hork, 1987

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