Afraid are we to look inside.
With no one and nobody do we abide.
Isolated in our own darkness, we hide.
Only to the shadows do we confide.
Our hatred breeds from ancient fears,
From painful wounds dredged up over the years.
From truths, we've hidden from our peers,
The pain that no one ever hears.
To the world, we lash out in rage
To anyone who rattles our cage.
In lonely despair, we age.
From all who would be close, we disengage.
We play and laugh with no aim.
We dare not share our shame.
Instead, we find others to blame.
Better they burn in the fiery flame.
But it is we who are not right.
We are deceived and think we're alright.
Terrified to come into the light.
We say hidden in the darkness of night.
Each of us pointing fingers, we raise
Reflecting the mirror of our days.
Lost within our hostile blinded haze,
Forgetting love's redeeming rays.
Yet dawn must break upon this night,
And truth needs to pierce our failing sight.
If we would only choose to face what's right,
Our shadows may yet transform to light.
For change begins with just one soul
Who dares to make their spirit whole,
Who breaks free from hatred's toll,
And helps another toward this goal.
