Lost Laughter
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Child of a Broken Home
The golden one runs and laughs, swings through the air and laughs
The golden one jumps and laughs, rolls about his world and laughs
How many times a day does he laugh, joy even filling his dreams
The silver one smiles in the mirror, smiles out the window
The silver one smiles at sweet faces, smiles at tender voices
How many times a day does he smile, smiling when once he laughed
The bronze one looks at everyone and sees what no one sees
The bronze one listens to everyone and hears what no one hears
How many times a day does he look and listen at what once had made him smile
The tarnished one with downcast eyes fights back burning tears
The tarnished one with broken heart longs for those early years
How many times did he fight to survive, lost inside, laughter denied
