this letter isn't about your suicide.
Much more about what happened before you died,
how horribly you got brutalized.
Also thereby, I want to confess that I had to cry,
watching all the joy vanish from your eyes.
I hope you were the last of us who had to die.
And I must admit my hands feel shaky singing this song,
I can feel the terror all along.
If you have a child, let her be wild,
let him dance with the wind, just make her smile.
Dear Neil Perry,
I'm not writing you because I share your fate,
although I can't deny that I can relate.
My god, so many children have to face equal hate.
That's why I'm writing you this,
I'm mainly concerned about all the other kids,
those kids that don't know what it feels to be kissed.
I wish I could write about something different.
And I must admit, my hands feel shaky singing this song,
I can feel the terror all along.
If you have a child, let her be wild, let him dance with the wind,
just make her smile.
Just for a while, give her a hug, tell him he's alright,
help her to dream, love him with ease, just love them please.
("Dir werden Möglichkeiten geboten, von denen ich noch nicht einmal träumen konnte", schrie Mr. Perry, "ich lasse nicht zu, dass du sie mit Füßen trittst". Damit stackste er aus dem Zimmer. Einen Augenblick sah es so aus, als wollte Neils Mutter etwas sagen, aber dann ging sie schweigend hinter ihrem Mann her. Neil blieb allein zurück. Ihm war, als wäre er keiner Gefühlsbewegung mehr fähig.)
Dear Neil Perry,
I hope by now you managed to find some peace
and I really, really wish all kids could find some form of release.
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