Listen



Listen
Can you hear the cries
How long before we realize
Wake up, another day gone by
Thousands more condemned to die
Unseen blood, unheard cries
How can nobody realize

Feel
The pain coursing though my veins
Building, building
The onus of knowledge
Ignorance was bliss
A thousand years of untold stories
Accumulation of desecration
All around a moral wasteland

Act
Change starts from within
Look inside, fight the heart of darkness
Vanquish the burning fires of hatred
Compassion is the medicine
Lying latent within

Understand
Ignorance and hatred must never prevail
Its cost measured in lives
Peace be upon you.

January 2004