Watching You - Panopticon

For Holly and Ed, we love and miss you so much!

— Jack and Austin

This loss of all innocence

The hands that guard us often wither

And leaving us so exposed

Naked to the wolves

Away from our fathers and mothers

Who once sheltered us from

The terror of the world

Who will hold us now that they have gone?

Left to be embraced by fear and loss

Whose gentle hands rock us to sleep

Singing vicious lullabies to us

The grim reminder of all

We have lost, of our fallen kin

The innocence lost

So we turn within, grown into adults

And longing to be children again

Just to hear your voice once more

Just to hear your voice once more…

We saw the hands of the Gods that day

In quick wings held steady

A gaze across time, a last goodbye

And hope took flight

We may never see your face again

But I know you haven’t left us

Your work lives on in me

Your heart live on in me

The current ran against our feet

Another loss to nourish

The river you became

Rich earth contains

Memories of past days

The soil that embraced you

And seeds for future hopes

The air I breath again

The cycle spins on!

Neither lost nor forgotten

With sun shining down

We walk within you in the day

We sleep beneath you in the night

And remember you all of our lives

Our lives

All of our lives

Our lives

All of our lives