It was just a choice (3 a.m.)

An original song -- 

3 a.m.

Another night
She’s haunted by
A baby’s cry

In the night

No way to hide
From the emptiness
She feels inside

And all those things

she’ d believed
she now knows
she’d been deceived

Because of  choice

she’s now a mother
who will never
hold her child.

He turns a page

He turns away
The words get lost
In what he can’t say

He’d shown support

He’d gone along
Despite a feeling
That it all was wrong

He resents the loss

And that on that day
Society said he
really had no say

Because of choice

He’s now a father
Who will never
Hold his child

We were too young

We were afraid
We were too poor
The time was wrong

It wasn’t human
Just a clump of cells

It wasn’t alive
It couldn’t feel

It was just a choice
It was just a choice
It was just a choice

Safe within

His mother’s womb
But when she chose
It spelled his doom

He tried to flee

When death came near
He tried to scream
No one could hear

Now he rests

In God’s love
He’s forgiven but
Laments from above

Because of choice

They’re now parents
Who will never
Hold their child

We were too young

We were afraid
We were too poor
The time was wrong

It wasn’t human
Just a clump of cells
It wasn’t alive
It couldn’t feel

It was just a choice
It was just a choice
It was just a choice

He’s not a choice
He’s a child
Who will never
Be held.

Pax et bonum