Mother May I
By Stephen Cluff

Mother may I hold your hand?
I'm feeling lost and I could use a friend.
Mother may I just stand close?
Its getting dark and I think I've seen a ghost.

Can you understand?
Oh, mother
Can you understand?

Daddy can we disagree?
What's true for you doesn't always feel true for me.
Daddy is it ok to cry?
There's a sadness I don't always want to hide.

Can you understand?
Oh, daddy
Can you understand?

I don't know what I am doing.
I don't know what I can do.
What if this path that I'm pursuing
Doesn't lead me back to you?

Mister Mayor can I step on the grass?
Can I drive this nail without having to ask?
Can I say my peace
Without a city pass?

Holy Father, Bishop and Priest
Can I reveal my full span or will you clip my wings?
Can I love who I love who I love
And still find a seat at Heaven's feast?

Can you understand?
Can you understand?

How do I keep it all together
When I don't even know which way is up?
My tide changes like the weather
How do you know when enoughs enoughs enough?
I don't know what I'm afraid of.
I don't know what I should fear.
What if all that I'm construing,
Just up and disappears?

Mother may I just come home?
This indifferent world has me feeling so alone.