Glazed eyes we hid behind
The truth
We searched for
with our metal detector faces
Pointed at the cracks
In the ground
We found
Earthly gold and silver
Monetary worth we long for
Thrash a life
Opium girl
Porcelain boy
Tears of ink we create
To view ourselves in a thousand mirrors
Reflect off each other and make
A thousand copies
Substitution is taught and held up high
You bury the heart
We’ve lived a lie
Behind the star light
Star bright
Presents our lullabies
Forgotten it now glows
On the street and we come to blows
And gladly give up our souls
To painted dolls and plastic toys
Isn’t it fantastic?
Find the river of life
And bend
Open your mouth
And pretend,
but we’re slowly sinking in our water weight
Still Hope walks forward
Occupied with
Lady of the lake
God incarnate
We linger introverted
And play in sin’s playground
Standing at the gate
Fingers tightly woven around the thorns
There stand our dreams and loves
Washing that fence daily with the blood
Of the history given
Of the lives freely shed
For us
And for our future