Haven't contributed for awhile. Here's a quick one:
Transparency
I haven't stumbled;
I haven't fallen.
I haven't succumbed
to the shadows in the night.
I haven't lost my way in your anger,
and I haven't shattered my hopes on the rocks of your disbelief.
But I also haven't cried out to the stillness
to wake up the me in me.
I haven't shaken the dust off my shoulders
and challenged the world to turn me away.
I haven't risked my heart or my humanity,
and I haven't pushed my way through to your soul.
I smile through my life without living it,
touching nothing and no one.
I've lost the warmth of the sun
and the scent of the breeze.
I move from town to town,
and go nowhere.
The bars are transparent,
but the cage still exists.
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"We're one, but we're not the same. We get to carry each other, carry each other..."
Transparency
I haven't stumbled;
I haven't fallen.
I haven't succumbed
to the shadows in the night.
I haven't lost my way in your anger,
and I haven't shattered my hopes on the rocks of your disbelief.
But I also haven't cried out to the stillness
to wake up the me in me.
I haven't shaken the dust off my shoulders
and challenged the world to turn me away.
I haven't risked my heart or my humanity,
and I haven't pushed my way through to your soul.
I smile through my life without living it,
touching nothing and no one.
I've lost the warmth of the sun
and the scent of the breeze.
I move from town to town,
and go nowhere.
The bars are transparent,
but the cage still exists.
------------------
"We're one, but we're not the same. We get to carry each other, carry each other..."