A Song for Amelie

Your little hands
Around my finger
I wish you’d hold it
Just a little longer

Your eyes closed
Lying in your crib
I wish I could watch you
Just a little longer

Soon you’ll be ….

Chasing dreams, chasing stars
Learning to rise after you fall
My heart won’t seem so far away
I’ll be there when you call
Learn to laugh learn to cry
I’ll be here right by your side
To sing you a little lullaby
To hold you through this life

I’ll watch you grow
Till time will take me home
But I pray that
You will smile much longer

Soon you’ll know
Of a love worth more than gold
I hope you’ll find it
Before time grows old

But soon you’ll be

This song is dedicated to all the lil’ ones that I know especially one that was born on November 6, 2002. Her name is Amelie, born to the proud parents of Anh and Patrice Simard. I hope that this song in some way captures the feelings of Anh and Patrice for their special little girl as well as those who will become or are parents that they will hold their children in a special place in their hearts.

Words and music by Jonathan Ho
All instruments and stuff mixed by Jon Ho
© adobo publishing 2002

Sensitivity

You toss me aside I feel so all alone
You leave me behind
I’ve got no where to go
How can I Say that I want to move on too
No more words to say I do
Can you just hold me and love me as I am
Can you just wait for me and I’ll show you that I can

If you could just wear my shoes
Then you could see the truth
If you could just hear the cries
That I can only hear inside

But this is not a tragedy
And though this is all I see
Just love this part of me.
I will find the words someday
To be something more than clay
To find comfort in this place

I’ll never understand the pain or understand this craze
Or is your world insane
I know you’ll never let me go, to walk this road alone
I’ll make it to this goal.
They laugh at me and you cry cuz you
Think I wont make it home.
But I’m not alone


If you could just wear my shoes
Then you could see the truth
If you could just laugh with me
And see life simply

I wrote this after talking to my friend Tim (From MCF) about his younger brother who had down syndrome. It was something in passing but it hit something deeper inside of me that made me think if I could ever love someone really close to me, like a child of my own blood who would have down syndrome. Could I ever love him/her with that kind of love , knowing that part of me will never understand or how they can never really express themselves?