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 streetlamps, 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) Like streetlamps, we glow so dim (like streetlamps, 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 ouy 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 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 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 streetlamps, 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