Among the trees
Leaves softly speak
To the breeze
That moves them
Whispers in our ears
If we but listen
Maybe too near
Do you hear them?
Simple as this
We seek to find
A knowing kiss
Do you feel it?
It was always here
Where you began
Every fallen tear
Does your heart know it?
What is man
That we should
Fear this life
To the wind
We smile
Throw these cares
For we are
But fading breath
On morning glass
They say I arrived; born
I do not; cannot remember
They say it was in December
The first stones were laid
I was taught yes and no
What to say, and it was so
School taught me the rules
Do this, not that, they said
So the foundation was laid
Safety within the wall
Where we are all the same
Far too young to blame
My culture, my people
Be the same, always fit in
If we agree there is no sin
Stone set upon stone
You and me, us and them
Keep them out, and us in
Now I cannot truly see
Things you wanted for me
And I am not free
My heart aches
I stop
I cannot see
Beyond the wall
Blindly I climb
Not knowing
Where I am bound
Yet I must search
And lost or found
I will see
All of what I was denied
What a world denies
If my life, I must give
To know the truth
Then I offer this alone
All that I truly have.
I do not know when or how
If it was something I missed
But the will to judge is gone
Cut from me and dismissed
I used to watch at a distance
Measure by my own gauge
What others would do and say
Might warrant, or not, my rage
Somehow something changed
I can no longer lay blame
I myself have no right to judge
Knowing you and I are the same
