Lamplight - Jump Little Children

On the edge of the lamplight

A little boy stays

Close enough to be seen

Far enough to be safe

Sitting down in the lamplight

A little boy’s gaze

Falters from the blank stars

Fishes through the swollen haze

Hiding out in the moonlight

A little boy plays

All alone in a crowd

Firmly set in his ways

Climbing back to the lamplight

A little boy takes

A last look, a last chance

Gone away too afraid

And he waits…

And he waits…

And he waits…

For another chance

Floating up in the limelight

A little boy weighs

Half as much as he did

When he was offstage

Crashing down in the lamplight

A little boy razed

Every hope that he had

Every dream that he chased

Slipping back to the lamplight

A little boy waits

Waterfalls down his cheeks

A last wish too late

On the edge of the lamplight

A little boy stays

Close enough to be seen

Far enough to be safe