I’m a diamond Compressed by reality I feel the weight of my country’s fears I feel it all I feel the burn in my soul I want to scream I’ll never be the same And neither will we

I’m listening to YouTube on a Wednesday I hear the beat of my heart I hear the music of the moment as time flies by What happens if I press stand by? Now is all we have Time is nonexistent in the past, and the future It only exists right now, and nowhere else Use your moment, or else

Have you heard it? Or better yet felt it. Like raindrops on a tin roof. Slowly growing, slowly beating, our mind goes retreating. As riders on the storm, we hear echos all alone, we feel rivers moving tall, as our mind takes a fall. We hear silence then a small ringing in our ears. As the sun comes up in May, we hear it, and we’ll feel it soon.

I hear echos of disconnection Friends, and family, in the noise Severed cords once persistent Gone, we are distant As death cleaves us My mind wanders It wonders of a time gone by A time to say goodbye

My life, so grey, it’s so not me Like wilting petals limp on the asphalt Directionless, with a side of melancholy Blown away like autumn leaves As I grow, I become I become who I am My voice’s pitch sounds like me It carries grace, and confidence you see It won’t be long now I will be me