I spend all my time
Preaching to devils
Who would never understand
A couldn't care in the first place
Ego is not a part of my ploy
Unless of course
Trying to show someone a light
Is egotistical
But
Really
Sadly
Painful as it seems
Disdainful as the schemes
Forgotten as the dreams
That once held this heart afloat
No
No one
No one really cares

And then

Why should I?

Only in the places where there is shine with no sun
I feel thunder with no rain
Half-afraid to come back again
And still returning every night

I see in the valley the curious cause
Its only water
And always water
Some middling stream as loved as any ocean
When I love the sea
I love the power of the waves
And the feeling of a grain of sand
On an endless beach
Holy poeseidon
I can never know you
You of the gods
Still I know you very well protect a faithful sailor

I travel on alone
Travail against the rage
Speaking more truth
Seen with more hate
Until I'm drowning in the waters which grant me life

Even in the shadow of the moon I feel a light
I feel alright
Maybe if I wait tomorrow comes
But there are horizons
And there is an island
Tonight
I build a bridge

I cannot sing without your name
I cannot
I cannot dream of my becoming
only become the love I'm wanting

Tonight
I search for light

I open windows
And close the door
I send my eyes up
Fold my hands
And
       And
               And
It only goes to show
I miss the feeling you haven't given me
When I wanted to be
When I wasn't
And
I could never be happy
Unless I'm not perfect

We've only had our eyes be closed
For so long
We forgot the way it looks to feel
Protesting in the streets
Mourning the death of the innocence
And going numb

I cannot dream right now
When I see the image as a vision
Displayed for my eyes
And the world to see
I shed all my tears in your direction

Family
Friends
Children
Goals
Aspirations

I feel the same pain you do

Black man

I feel the same fear you do

This Darkness thinks it's light
Believes it needs to spread
As some benevolent force
Some way to guide mankind
Darkness so convinced
It's a disciple of love
So selfish with its wants
And its desires

This Darkness thinks it's light
Believes that it is right
And kills love
In the name of hope
Darkness so convinced
That saying it is love
Makes it be love
When it never was

And now the lady with the heart
And with the eyes
Sees only darkness falling
And pools of blood

She
Speaks to us no more
She's lost without a light