Oh feel our bodies grow,
And our souls they blend.
Yeah love I hope you know,
How much my heart depends.

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks.

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly.

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain.

You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion'
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud.

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins.

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do.

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul.

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead.

What are we worth?
See the thing is,
      We have none.

-fir.m

Oh darling my heart's on fire  ❤

                      *For you

We sipped our tea
As he sat next to me
Cross-legged on the floor
And he spoke of his youth,
Thrown to the wolves,
As student of the hardship of war.
A war that shaped him and molded him to,
A grateful and God-fearing man
The struggle of a nation burned in his eyes
As he relived his war torn homeland.

Accused and abused he was stolen away,
No justice exists with no law.
He was thrown into prison
But they couldn't cage his faith in freedom
It seemed like endless days and morningless nights,
His family so blind with concern
For the day they would see his return.

The guards laughing in the black of the night as they kicked him and beat him raw,
And the blood and the dirt and the grime of the world and the dark side of man that he saw.
And in the minutes and hours and years that dripped by,
graying away his youth,
As he spent his hours in quiet reminisce of the truth.

He wiped tears from his cheek with the smile on his face,
Brushed the hair back from his daughter's eyes,
His little girl climbed up on to his knees
His words became clear, "After hardship will always come ease".

Oceans apart
Stitched Hearts
Stars unseen
Emotions intervene

Thoughts ignored
Words never bore
Pictures sent
Modesty bent

Her mind knew
Her blood ran blue
Fears adapted
Soul captive

"Release me!" she cries
Send was never pressed, her heart pries
She fears
To her, he becomes dear
And when he is ready to leave
Nothing in her will be ready to believe.

-fir.m