"Wake up",
Said the conscience
To the mystified mind,
"Before all hope
Fails".

"Stand up",
Said pride
To the exhausted body,
"Before life
Flies by".

"Shut up",
Said the mother
To the weeping child,
"Before the world
Catches fire".

Herein lies the secret
The unsolved riddle
Of her fading history.

See even if hope never fails
And life never flies by
The world will always catch fire
To the sound
Of a weeping child.