Blinded By Darkness

 

 

I embrace an endless cycle;

Waters of sin and shame helplessly tidal

I am moving but forever idle;

A future stuck behind a past recital

 

They defile the parts of me I desire, taking with them all hope of an escape from the patient fire 

Within me there once was a dream; through the darkness a distant eye would gleam

Through her eyes I saw the man I should be; a man whose reflection is locked away for none to see

 

I despise my every breath;

Silence the beginning of death

I am free but forever enslaved;

A prosperity broken by thousands depraved

 

The heart of the wicked is close to me, closing my eyes to the light beyond the blackened sea

Voices grew as I through the years; planting hatred into the mind of my peers

Through her eyes I saw all that I had lost; a once bright forest slain by a violent frost

 

I reach to the lights above;

Yearning for a glimpse of love

I am welcoming but forever unwelcome;

A man doubting how far he has come 

 

The prince of the abyss binds my hands, whispering to me the questions this world misunderstands

Spirits reminded me of the evil I have seen; shame a fatal disease with no vaccine 

Through her eyes I saw all that we could have been; darkness rises to kill the hopes of man once again 

 

The vision of the future brings forward the sins of the past;