For Many Life Is A Hard Battle

For many life is a hard battle but most rise again after a fall And from life babies do begin learning long before they learn how to crawl It would be nice to stay innocent for a lifetime but the innocence of childhood doesn't last The years seem to go by so quickly and time as we know ticks on fast 'Tis sad to think some children have their innocence from them stolen and are exploited in the worst possible way That they cannot look back on a happy childhood does seem so sad to have to say The crimes committed against children are not easy crimes to forgive Those guilty of such terrible atrocities with their shame must find it hard to live I consider myself to be lucky my childhood years I did enjoy Compared to many I feel privileged I did enjoy life as a boy In the green countryside west of Millstreet where I grew into a young man I learned about life from my mentors and my enduring love of Nature began For so many life is a hard battle and they've never known of happy years And they must live with their haunting memories of their unhappy childhood years.