I Know You Truly Want What We Have

I pray we do not fall from grace

Searching in hope

Of finding our place—

In this wondrous world

Made of wonders.

For peace sake

Do not lose your soul in the sweepstakes.

Do not lose yourself

To the self-hate

They propagate,

Through the big screens.

My stomach aches

And my bones break—

Beneath my skin,

In fear of the news the morning might bring.

I say a prayer

To never turn out like them,

For they have lost their souls,

They are dead

Inside

And cannot feel.

Misery forever their only company.

For every bullet, for every life

We shall rise again a thousand more times.

They try to kill us, boy do they really try

But we are the children of the Sun—

We never truly die.

We are the essence of life,

Here to teach you a lesson,

If you are willing to try

And learn.

Are you willing to learn?

I am no longer asking you,

To return what has always been mine,

For I understand that you cannot give me freedom

If you aren’t free inside,

And a prisoner to your own mind.

In all honesty, honestly

I know you truly want what we have,

And I suggest you go and learn to love yourself,

YOU can always start with that.