Everywhere and nowhere
A woman loved a man
They came from different cultures
And had different colored skin
But like their parents before them
They endured the wrath of man
Pelted by racial hatred
Like endless, wind-whipped sand
And from the core of their perfect love
Was birthed a baby boy
Into a world of fear and flaws
He was thrown to face his fate
In a perfect place, at a perfect time
He might not have known such hate
He learned in school he had no friends
He played without a mate
At lunch time he would sit alone
And stare into his plate
And so he grew into a man
With the needs of a baby boy
He searched for love so badly needed
In the arms of men, and women
His hair was long, but also short
His face both shaved and bearded
His skin was dark, but also light
Therefore he was hated
And it came to pass he was killed one night
For so his life was fated
And so they united in ignorance
To kill the baby boy
Gathered in a local bar
Drunk on wine and beer
Their voices raised in anger and hate
They fed each other's fear
And soon they went to find him
To kill the little queer
And from his home a block away
He heard the mob draw near
And so he hid inside a closet
Just like a baby boy
The man who struck the first blow
He used a baseball bat
Is it anger, or is it fear
That can make a man do that
Another struck in naive cruelty
Like a child kicks a cat
It is lack of understanding
That can make a child do that
And then they struck the final blow
That killed the baby boy
The following night
They did it again
And in days that followed
Again, and again
For men of all creeds
Committed this sin
And each time they saw him
They saw what was within
They saw their own weakness
And killed it again
