I Want To Go Out

by Judy (49-E-1 FPE)

I want to go out into the world tonight,

I long for freedom's touch.

Oh why am I trapped by my brother's fright Why does he worry so much?

The wind in my hair, a snowflake's kiss

The fog's enveloping sea,

The sky and trees all these that I miss Would indeed be heaven to me.

Just to walk in the night beneath the stars And breathe the air pure and clean,

To greet the lights of on-coming cars, Not caring if I am seen.

My brother holds me firmly in hand,

He keeps me locked in this cell. Each time I beg or plead or demand, He tells me all is not well.

His parents sleep just a few feet away, Their door hangs open so wide,

And so it seems in his bedroom I'll stay, Locked forever, inside.

Some day I know he'll be living alone,

"And then," he says, "you'll be free".

"The day will come when we move from this home.

Then you'll be happy you'll see."

And so I wait, each night a bore,

I sit with nothing to do.

When we're alone I'll do so much more

And then I'll be happier too.

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