Because.

 

Because we were told that life was beautiful

That it was meant to be so right

That we went on with repetitions

And more copies of ourselves.

 

Because we were told how we should live

That we trained ourselves to lie

That there was a glimpse of to morrow

A goodness at the end of a heaven

And a prize that we should earn

That we kept on and on.

 

Alfred Grech.

20/09/2021