Glow

There can be so much tragedy In a smile such desperation in embrace We all ache for a taste of humanity As the widow for one last glimpse of her beloveds face We long for security Sanctuary belonging What then prompts the heart of stone Often the object of overlooked affections To slash and burn before the harvest reaps what was sewn To look half themselves in the eyes see the scars on their skin and continue to not pay fucking attention Like street lamps we glow so dim Shattered people shatter hopes The four walks you shut me in Don't be misery's company If only more of us would choose To look back contemplate those springs of youth Recollections of laughter Recall that sense of wonder When nothing else seemed to matter (Running through rivers swimming in fields of sunflower) Time has a funny way of coercion Tricks us into thinking that our past dreams Were only passing lunacies Better scattered to the wind Lamenting I'll never love like my first though I've forgotten their kiss I'll never be truly happy though I can't remember joys of heaven I can't stop paying attention I swear I'll keep remembering Like street lamps we glow so dim Due to the shade in which we're placed The four walls you shut me in Homes were never meant to be prisons So every time I pick up a mic I pray my words only serve to remind This life is what we make of it though we feel trapped in our own minds From every morning breath we can choose End the cycles of abuse I'll embrace the vulnerable I'll embrace the broken we can only show what we're shown And I know that love is worth the risk Blood is thicker than water of the womb let me kiss the scars on your wrists And no matter who has told you differently You are worth everything