This is it.
This world,
This life,
It’s all we have--
It’s our past,
It's our present,
It's our future, too.
We have everything to lose.
This is why I move.
For those moments when my breath is short,
When my eyes are wide,
When my imagination is so full of wonder
That my heart aches--
This precious place
We can never replace
We are slowly beginning to lose
The trees that are turning into waste.
This is why I move.
Because I was raised with an open mind
And education has been turned into a way to confine
Our thoughts
Instead of a tool to liberate
Our hearts
So we can find
Our own moral groove
Instead of having to prove
We fit a misguided
Definition of intelligence--
This is why I move.
For all the nights I've walked alone,
Afraid of the dark,
Not for lack of intimacy with the stars,
But for fear of what lurks in
Harmless corners
That have become home
For too many men
Defined by a culture that celebrates
Violence
And objectifies women
As the ultimate goal to pursue.
This is why I move.
Because I've forgotten the meaning of family,
And an inexplicable loneliness
Accompanies me,
Even in this world full
Of seven billion people--
We've lost the art of connectivity,
Forgotten how to create community
Despite the increase in availability of tools we use
To communicate, we still refuse
To share what we really feel.
This is why I move.
Because everyone hides the truth,
We live lives we didn’t choose.
And I can’t stand to watch the news
Cause every time I do I remember why
I hate the way we view
Tragedy:
Because the constant stream
Of impersonal statistics
Feeds apathy
And we're told constantly
"No one will remember you."
The victims are lost in a slew of numbers
And perpetrators are celebrated like celebrities
This is why I move.
Yet I refuse to accept
That my agency
Is incapable
Of change
Or that the media can control my life
More than my own mind
Can define
The choices I make,
The risks I take,
The things I hate.
So for all the moments I've clenched my fists
Then convinced myself
There's nothing I can do
Today I will stand.
Today, I will choose:
I won’t wait no more.
This is why I move.
I move to change the world.
What will you do?
