A Common Bond

To stare you straight in the eye No understanding, no harmony Something alien now I find My despair, gazing back at me Struggle and strain for release Once we walked a path of hope Left now to grope in the rain In memory of our brothers slain Blown out of our hearts and our minds Conscience in darkness and decline Black rain turns crystalline Rays of light beginning to shine A leap of faith for all to heed Acceptance of my brother and me No center, seams torn and frayed A common bond in disarray No common goal, no mystery No common decency to plead In the end consumed by greed Battered souls fail to connect All we forget, deeper we go We bury our virtues in a hole A hollow death six feet cold No seeds to spread or to sow We flood to the ocean and dive Release to the flow of our minds Refracted currents that pull us away In these shallows safe we can play Dance of the universe at play All we've touched forever remains Sailing with or without the wind Heavenly forces starting to spring Pointing fingers, casting blame Filling our hearts with shame Fake leaders playing on fear Stealing cheers for power's sake Fear morphs to anger, anger to hate Once we walked through forests green Rays of the sun burst through the trees Now we roam a desert on our knees Last whispers lost in white heat Separation and polarity We who choose to be who we are Shaping our lives, healing our scars To be a light back to the source To be a force to reach for the stars To be an agent of hope and change Through innocence new bonds to create In each moment of peace we are free In each act of kindness so shall it be Life springs up to a new dawn Daybreak lights us up all around We can be one with all mankind One with our planet, with all of life Turning back for the storm clouds forming All we can see is a rainbow spanning The blue heavens and our lives Home again, hearts divine Crashing waves return to the sea A new light shines through, to you and me No us and them, no duality This world runs through you and me A soul lights up, a light for all to see Tonight we act, for all that is free