Saaxiib Qurux Badan

The way you feel
like nobody’s child
when the night closes in
on an empty sky

The way you feel
like nobody’s child
Brother, wipe the tears
from your eyes

A message written in the stars
A voice inside that longs to say,
we’re so close, just a breath away
from the future that we crave

So raise your glass, my friend,
the prison gates are open
There’s a freedom train that’s running
if we want to take a ride

Sheltered in this house of cards
I lie in wait for calmer skies
But I believe a deeper love
will lead us to the light.

The way you feel
like nobody’s child
Just a trick of the candlelight

The way you feel
like nobody’s child
A deeper love will lead us to the Light

Brother, wipe the tears
from your eyes

– “Like Nobody’s Child”
by Kiki Dee and Carmello Luggeri
(from their 2005 album The Walk of Faith)

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – January 16, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – January 4, 2023
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – August 25, 2022
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – February 13, 2022
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – November 25, 2021
• Just One Wish
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – June 29, 2021
• Blue Yonder
• Somalia Bound
• Adnan . . . Amidst Mississippi Reflections and Forest Green

Image: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”), Minneapolis, MN – Michael J. Bayly (2/14/23).