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 beloved's face

We all ache

We all 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

Like four walls, you've shut me in

("This is a dream, and in dreams, you can do anything you darn please!")

(I can't stop paying attention!)

Like street lamps, we glow so dim

Shattered people, shatter hopes

Like four walls, you've shut me in

Don't be misery's company

ni em tuhs ev'uoy ,sllaw ruof ekiL

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

Time has a funny way of coercion

Tricks us into thinking that our past dreams

We're 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 truly be happy, though I can't remember the 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

Like four walls, you've 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 can feel so trapped in our own minds

From every morning's breath, we can choose

End the cycles of self abuse

I'll embrace the vulnerable

I'll embrace the broken

We can only know what we're shown

And I know that Love is worth the risk

Blood is thicker than the water of the womb

Let me kiss the scars on your wrists

And no matter who has told you differently…

You are worth everything

You are worth everything