Anguishing a sigh
As she lets her foetus die 
And she don’t even cry 
Because she had to travel across the water
To say goodbye to a daughter
She will never know
But it’s the right choice to let go
Isn’t it, isn’t it
She questions herself
Gets checked out for mental health
Conditions and now they’ve passed the law
But some part of her spirit doesn’t thaw
Because the shame, the shame
Of a life that will never have a name
And they say they believe in choices 
But they silence voices 
That will never speak 
Because the weak 
Are always the first to go 
In any kind of broadway show 
And I mapped the terrain
Listened to their arguments in vain 
To see if I could spy
Some reason why 
They say they’re not human
What are they doing 
To us just because we have the means 
To stifle someone else’s dreams 
And it’s not about judgement or pushing you down 
It’s about realising what drives this town
And the pull of democracy 
That’s tied to an industry 
That makes money on this 
And every last kiss 
That everyone makes 
Is the first time someone breaks 
And maybe it’s my relationship with grief and death
That has me projecting my own regret
Onto these women 
And all the “sinning”
That I ever did 
Has been kept under the lid 
As I expose 
The less travelled roads
That I have not shown
And I’m Catholic, true 
But I don’t believe in it all, do you
And all I do is hold it in 
Because I have a duty to him 
He who died upon a cross
He who said all is not lost 
But my defence fails
When I look at the nails 
I hold in my palm 
Do I crucify another psalm 
And raise the dead
Just so I can make my bread 
And I hear someone sob and say
I had to let go, okay
As if I sit in some judgement chair
And say you’re the reason she’s not there
But I let the wave break across the strand
And let fear stay my hand
I didn’t vote
Though don’t quote
Me on that 
I couldn’t say it was old hat
But I couldn’t hold a knife to her 
And say continue what we were 
Either
And in the ether
I find peace
As I let the loss decease

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