STAR TREK - 'JOURNEY TO BABEL', 1987

MOTHER, PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND
Mother, please try to understand
That I now must command
This Starship to Babel
Which has a hoard
Of Federation passengers on board
In a situation potentially uncontrollable.
My Captain, stabbed, in Sickbay is lying -
Perhaps he is dying -
On his presence I depended.
A murderer walks free;
Surely you must see
That he must be apprehended.
An alien ship may soon attack -
I must get back
To the Bridge before it's too late.
Amidst the confusion
My father's transfusion
Must wait.
You taunt and torment
Bidding me to relent
Chiding me for a worthless son.
You cannot see that there's any way
That the needs of the many
Outweigh those of the one.
Your words assail me,
Whip me, flail me;
In your eyes I cannot look.
My face is stinging;
My ears are singing
From your violent rebuke.
You slam the door in my face;
I'm in deep disgrace,
The door's metal cold on my hand;
But till the Captain can return
My duty I cannot spurn.
Mother, please try to understand!
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