YOUR CHOICE
Anything can happen each and
every day
- at times you'd even wonder what
is coming all the way
It is not even important what
role you choose to play,
because sometimes something might
get to lead you astray
You start to feel you might need
to go,
just how and where you don't get
to know
Time's passing by - too fast to
react, but still somehow slow,
but while learning the lesson you
might actually grow
It seems impossible to get right
through,
so you're unsure what you might
be able to do...
You might get tips or help if you
wanted to,
but in the end the decision is
right up to you
You need to think about each
problem very well,
for it wouldn't be nice at all if
you fell
- if you had more experiences you
could tell,
but maybe one or the other hint
might get to ring some bell
At times you might just need some
strength to try,
it's not hard to tell the reason
why:
hard times are no reason to hang
down your head and cry
- instead you might just have to
look around to find you have an ally
It seems impossible to get right
through,
so you're unsure what you might
be able to do...
You might get tips or help if you
wanted to,
but in the end the decision is
right up to you
You need someone so you don't
have to always be alone,
just in case that at times you
might feel somehow down
- someone who is willing to go
right with you into the unknown,
who is being around so you don't
have to face all on your own
At times you might just want to choose a different place to be,
because this way you might get
other things to see,
but it makes no sense at all if
you try to flee
- maybe in time you learn enough
to be able to agree
It seems impossible to get right
through,
so you're unsure what you might
be able to do...
You might get tips or help if you
wanted to,
but in the end the decision is
right up to you
You need to be persistent enough
to see it through,
so you get to find what's exactly
right for you to do
- I'll always be there in case you
want me to,
but the one who has to decide -
the one who's got the choice - is you
BY THE RIVERSIDE...
I close my eyes to dream away,
because I need some time today:
Time to relax and maybe let it
go,
so where my thoughts lead me I
will just follow
When I open up my eyes again,
I see a place where I like to be
- a place where it is good to
remain,
for I'm sitting under a beautiful
tree
As I look up into the sky,
during the time that's going by,
I notice the colours of the
sunrise
the wind blows, somewhere I see
some butterflies...
On the meadow, around me,
I find a place where I sit down
There is a river I can see,
slowly flowing - I'm alone
I watch the falling leaves on
their way
- on each of them is a bad
thought that shouldn't stay:
They fall onto the river,
floating slow,
carrying my bad thoughts to where
they go
I start to feel better than
before
because my head is getting clear:
Inner peace starts spreading deep
inside my core,
the longer I am staying here
I feel sun on my skin, the wind
in my face
- I enjoy being right here, at
this place
When I'm return to where I used
to be,
the peace I feel here is what I'm
taking with me
IT'S NOT THEM
They are human beings - just as
you are,
but their country is at war,
so they needed to leave the place
- so in other countries they now
leave a trace
They are trying to find a way
to survive by getting asylum
there,
because they hardly have a place
to stay
- but they need some place -
somewhere
Imagine to be in their situation
- don't you think in returning
they see some complication,
because where they're coming from
is a fight?
Unfortunately there's no end in
sight...
Don't you think they need a place
to be?
Aren't you able to just see
if you were them you'd do the
same?
So it's not them that you should
blame...
Somehow they have made it here,
but it seems things are not quite
clear:
The organization is not good
enough,
so that the time they have is
really rough
It is hard for them to get along,
because they have difficulties to
express
- they don't speak the country's
tongue,
organizing help seems to be a
real mess
Imagine to be in their situation
- don't you think in returning
they see some complication,
because where they're coming from
is a fight?
Unfortunately there's no end in sight...
Don't you think they need a place
to be?
Aren't you able to just see
if you were them you'd do the
same?
So it's not them that you should
blame...
The people who live in the
country they're now
start to act up - I don't know
how...
The media are playing with
people's fear,
at times the call is heard they
should disappear
Media talk about a rising crime
rate,
about them stealing jobs and
acting wrong...
Don't they see - they just are
raising racehate,
why don't they stop yelling they
should go where they belong...
Imagine to be in their situation
- don't you think in returning
they see some complication,
because where they're coming from
is a fight?
Unfortunately there's no end in
sight...
Don't you think they need a place
to be?
Aren't you able to just see
if you were them you'd do the
same?
So it's not them that you should
blame...
Why don't they try to stop the
war,
while keeping them safe right
where they are:
Don't they see it would be better
to stop the fight
that at first made them try to
put their faith in flight?
They need to deal with their
memories,
with a situation that's hard to
face...
They are being sidelined because
of the differences
I think they'd rather live in a
different place...
Imagine to be in their situation
- don't you think in returning
they see some complication,
because where they're coming from
is a fight?
Unfortunately there's no end in
sight...
Don't you think they need a place
to be?
Aren't you able to just see
if you were them you'd do the
same?
So it's not them that you should
blame...
Britta Hoffmann
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