Laconia

Laconia, Laconia Gazing across the desolate yard The broken windows speak Of a time that is bygone, a curtain-less view Of lives banished and bleak Were there birthdays, and romance Laughter and balloons Was there sorrow, and anguish On those lonesome afternoons Forgotten, rejected The feeble-minded, the weak Cast into the oblivion No graves to mark their fate Oh give us the courage To look within this place To see inside its cursed walls The truth of our mistakes The masonry cracks, the bedposts collapse The moss finds its way through the stair Slowly the earth envelopes the past Granting forgiveness - a prayer Unwanted, forsaken Their whispers haunt the wind Longing for their freedom For friendship and for kin Oh give us the courage To look within our hearts To see beyond fictitious walls That keep us all apart Teach us to love each other - to be kind Remind us every day that we are intertwined Laconia, Laconia