WITCH
This is the world I meant
Couldn't you listen?
Couldn't you stay content,
Safe behind walls,
As I
Could not?

Now you know what's out there in the world
No one can prepare you for the world,
Even I
How could I, who loved you as you were?
How could I have shielded you from her
Or them

No matter what you say,
Children won't listen
No matter what you know,
Children refuse
To learn

Guide them along the way,
Still they won't listen
Children can only grow
From something you love
To something you lose