Manuela

She curls up like a ball

At the sound of thunder

The distant guns are closing fast

Her body's hard as stone

As her heart is tender

Forget your past manuela

She finds the strength to heal

In her darkest hour

Confronting soldiers as she sleeps

Her solitude is bold

But she fights for comfort

With a friend she keeps manuela

Run from the night

And emerge into day

Banish those demons as you

Pull away

Weakened by flight

But empowered by will

To live and breathe a newer day

She cries out with a plea

From those burning embers

That took her little girl away

Standing shoulder deep

In a town

Of rubble

Alive but trapped manuela

Lost in a world

Of unending design

We cannot find the path to

Travel on

All I can offer

This brave battered soul

Is a weathered hand to rest upon

The fires of guernica

Are ablaze forever

Behind those dark devoted eyes

Your day of rest

Will come when the shells stop falling

From angry skies manuela

I'll tend to your heart manuela

Forget your past manuela