Where have you been
Beautiful child
Beautiful child?

Did you lose yourself
In the sorrow
Of your own soul's demise?

Did you crawl inside
The box they made for you
And hide from the world?

Where have you been
Beautiful child
Beautiful child?

Were your tears your mask
Hiding your secret fears
Behind a painted face?

Was the life you made
Everything you dreamed of
Or just another coffin?

Where have you been
Beautiful child
Beautiful child?

Did you really allow them
To smother the laughter
Out of your childhood?

Did you not fight back
Did you not reclaim your body
And rebuild your spirit?

Where have you been
Beautiful child
Beautiful child?

Do you not feel the Sun on your skin
The Moon in your nighttime dreams
The Earth beneath your feet?

Do you not notice the love around you
In your son's smiling eyes
And in the embrace of your lover?

Where have you been
Beautiful child
Beautiful child?

You can come back home now
It is safe to open your heart
And fall in love again.

Trust in yourself, Beautiful Lady
Answer your soul's call
And you will trust him, too.

---- Lannette Robinson, 9/29/03 all rights belong to author.