When lightning lights up the sky, <br /> <br />All the babes in the bone-yard cry; <br /> <br />They've seen their mothers still on earth <br /> <br />And wonder why they were given birth. <br /> <br /> <br />When lightning strikes the very trees, <br /> <br />It shakes and rattles the bones of these <br /> <br />Orphans of some eternal night, <br /> <br />Hid from loving arms- and light. <br /> <br /> <br />When lightning rushes to the ground, <br /> <br />And deep inside their graves, goes down, <br /> <br />It starts their wan hearts; one more beat- <br /> <br />But still can't wake them from their sleep.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/orphans-of-some-eternal-night/
