I saw it first within your eyes
the embers of your joy annulled
and now it’s cold within your heart
like frozen blocks of icy hate
and bleeding warmth from all you see
until the world is desolate
an empty husk barren of hope
and what surrounds is black and dead
But this is not the world I see
a world alive with vibrant greens
the whispered words of God on winds
that blow through the chattering trees
or the warm earth beneath my hand
after the sun has graced our land
with light to play another day
Which vision shall we take as truth
Whose eyes can tell us what is real
The truth lies not in you or me
But somewhere in between the two
For while it’s true that sorrows rule
has not been cast off quite of yet
It is the case that life keeps pace
and gives us laughter with our tears
the embers of your joy annulled
and now it’s cold within your heart
like frozen blocks of icy hate
and bleeding warmth from all you see
until the world is desolate
an empty husk barren of hope
and what surrounds is black and dead
But this is not the world I see
a world alive with vibrant greens
the whispered words of God on winds
that blow through the chattering trees
or the warm earth beneath my hand
after the sun has graced our land
with light to play another day
Which vision shall we take as truth
Whose eyes can tell us what is real
The truth lies not in you or me
But somewhere in between the two
For while it’s true that sorrows rule
has not been cast off quite of yet
It is the case that life keeps pace
and gives us laughter with our tears