WE BELONG

It is not escape I seek

I am not weak!

But isn’t it folly that we multiply

When without wings you ask me to fly?

I have run and run and come around

Back to the place where lies abound

A howl, a hoot! Where is Truth?

Come down to earth

Let us see what you’re worth.

Yet for all this rhetoric

I am but pathetic

A glance out into the cold

Back into my cocoon I would fold

How shall I be bold

What shall I be told

Who shall free me from this deathly hold

Tired of my trying, weary of my crying

Where am I going? What am I doing?

How do I know, you’re not lying?

What of the tears I see

For years and years - misery

So many things I hear

So many things to fear

No one to save, no one who cares

We labor and languish, in this pointless affair

Why would I want, to wander here

Never to say, we are finally there.

Yet I see another lining

God is not reluctant

It is we who are hesitant

Soaked in the smallness of the world we are living

Branded by the baseness of our thinking

Shall I not call my friend?

Tell him how much I want this to end!

Perhaps we could then stumble along

Knowing at least that we belong

Perchance the ruling spirits then shall come

Join to sing the very same song

The forgotten theme of the ages

Echoing the voices of the sages

Break the cold silences of old

And we arise brilliant and bold!