Oh Hansel Dear

• Oh Hansel Dear

Oh Hansel Dear

Oh, Hansel dear, the breadcrumbs haven't worked at all
As we slept the woods were eaten by a city wide and tall
And all those candy houses bear our story on repeat
And birds lay flattened in moon-shone patches all along the streets

Brother, I still wonder
I've become but skin and bone
Have I simply followed you too far
My pockets weighed with stones?

Oh, Hansel dear, the breadcrumbs haven't worked at all
As we slept they were swept and packed for market at a price we can't afford
And all those sugar-coated chimneys with their sweet smelling plumes
I knocked on every single door today and everyone refused me

Brother, I still wonder
I've become but skin and bone
Have I simply followed you too far
My pockets weighed with stones?

Oh, Hansel dear, the breadcrumbs haven't worked at all
And I keep hearing ‘cross the pebble-peppered cul-de-sacs the warning of the woodcutter calling
Don't bite to taste the hand that offers you a meal,
A meal through the cage
Well, that is how it was always told to me when I was just your age

Brother, I still wonder
I've become but skin and bone
Have I let my hands sleep too long inside
My pockets full of stones?

Brother, I still wonder
I've become but skin and bone
Have I simply followed you too far
My pockets weighed with stones?

© Brendan Bonsack
July 2021

1. Waterless Deep End
2. Google and The Bomb
3. That Bridge
4. Oh Hansel Dear
5. When the King Falls

Silence in the Library
Released July 2021