During day light hours the masks of the boogyman'
cover the faces of hell
Soapsuds put shine on the Have a Nice Days
whilst boogyman now smiles waiting
for the end of the day
Into the car
and off to the school
Always the longest day
thats always the rule
Never has a child wished
that a day would just stay a day
never end just be a day always a day
Have a nice day
says the boogyman
with the face of the father
bang bang with his horn
see your after school
Did ever a child so quiet
in school
play lonely games
of how long can a child
stay invisible today
The smiles of a child who's father is the boogyman
Eager to please haunted with greed of attention
Seeks the child within
like a thief this child creeps
no one likes this troubled child
who just cant sit still long enough
Or sits still for far too long
who never reads or wants to sings songs
who steals and screams and wheels and deals
And She's Only Five ~
Hear the Teachers Cry!
At night ~ this child, paints a blue sky with her eyes
she grows wings ` and Says to the boogyman
You Can't Catch Me Im so High In my blue blue sky
You cant touch me now
but every night when she tries to take flight
the boogyman's hands have grown to the other side
He is always bigger higher taller than she can ever fly
His hands have flames that burn with pain
His eyes have hooks and
his words are big giants that gobble her words
that cover her face making her choke as she swallow herself inside
looking for a place to hide
She can never complain
Instead her pain takes her away and Gives her a name
and replaces her with someone brave
who shields her pain until its day
When she tried to tell her mother
the night time hurt her
Her mother laughed ~ and told her father
When she tried to tell her mother
that the boogyman was her father
Her mother told her
Her father loved her
Remember the child in the corner of school
who played imaginary games
and screamed at rules
who's friends were all invisible
who spoke languages unknown
who shied and spied and stole
and cajoled
who cried and whimpered like a scared dog
if anyone tried to touch her locks
or sat alone staring into space
who didn't speak was quiet and bleak
who's eyes looked sooo dark
for a child of five
who couldn't look you in the eye
who often seem wide eyed asleep
and could never remember
the a b c's
Then this maybe
the longest day
child
