The space our ego takes

And the world

Will silently fall asleep

Tonight. 

Dream of

The lullabies

That sang to us.

Those that told

How their resistance 

Was a terror 

To our world.

Their hopes,

Once a dance,

Now a danger to

Be destroyed.

We shall sleep in silence,

And we shall think us better for it.

I want you to know I remember. 

I want you to know. 

That you accepted all this violence,

But not when they threw back

A stone.

Write it down

I cannot unbreak broken promises

But I can yield a pen.

That is the one thing I know I can.

So I will fill up all the pages.

I can not wield their weapons

But I can dictate history.

I can write down every story

They want us to erase.

Don't do nothing 

Because you think

You can't do anything. 

There is a cost to silence

And you will pay everything.

You cannot unbreak broken promises

But you can bear witness

To all of the atrocities 

They say they carry out in our name.

There is power in remembering.

There is history in the making

If you are unwilling to forget.

Soulless

 

How heavy would your heart feel,

How heavy would be your tread?

If your whole life is made of fleeing 

Without ever touching your own land?

How heavy would your tears fall,

How close would death feel?

If you are never allowed a home,

Always disappearing under your feet.

How quickly will your anger rise,

How deep will the roots grow?

When every time you use your voice

Their judgment brings it low?

How sad will your days feel,

When gray is all you see?

And you have nothing to remember by

The faces of your family.

How quick our humanity broke

While looking at human lives.

How quick we are to take our heart

And hand to twist the knife.

A child's eyes shouldn't look like this

I tattoo your eyes 

Onto my mind

So I will never forget. 

That I once saw

You alive

And they want to

See you dead.

Carrying memories

 

The only thing

That should have fitted

In a small plastic bag is you

Telling us it’s complicated,

That the oppressors are 

Always right.

Not the memory of someone’s life.

Why is your opinion bigger somehow?

Silence

If you want my silence,

I won't be forthcoming. 

We are watching the seas turn red.

Just because it's not on my front steps,

Doesn't mean my soles don't bleed. 

If you want my silence,

I will up my screaming.

You can only buy my silence with peace. 

And there isn't a single line in between

That would make me settle.

If you want my silence,

I need your soul to listen in.

Cause these are the world's people you burn.

And that is the heart of the world you bomb. 

You cannot dehumanize that.

If you want my silence,

I need your backs unturned.

Bask in the damage and hurt you created.

Bask in the destruction cause you made this.

Your silence paid this.

You cannot get my silence. 

I will not pay the price.

You can't cover your lies with bodies

And I won't cover them with my life.