whispers

Long night working the boulevard
Thousands of strangers, passersby
Rushing by like the waters, flowing all around me
Carrying burdens in tow, to each their own

The battered man fell to his knees,
Threw himself down, screaming his need,
Sobbing and begging, for family to mind me,
Reminising the moment, the world was worth it

As the solemn walk on by
Stumbling on one step at a time
One by one they pass us on by
Whispering prayers one word at a time

The light in our world had burned so bright,
Even the worse, once snuffed out
Drowned by the waters, surrounding our lives
To wash off our hidden, secrets and sinner,

As the solemn walk on by
Stumbling on one step at a time
One by one they pass us on by
Whispering prayers one word at a time

Yet even in the night the bells were ringing,
A tune so reminding, a hope everlasting
I rose us all up, our hands to the sky
Rejoicing our triumph, we are alive

And the river had stopped,
The mechanical rhythm ceased,
One by one we raised up high,
Arms to the sky one light at a time
We suddenly realized, the pitiful night
Starlight replaced by cellular skies
The wonder and splendour of the beauty,
Hidden by the mantra of the shadow
No time left to love,
No tomorrow to remind her,
No time to hold on to your love,
No time left at all.

Yet time came to a still, stop, oh shrill,
As we paused in life one moment at a time
They raised trembling hands up to the sky,
Praying for the light one whisper at a time
And we rose from our crypts,
And we brought back the light,
Showed them the way,
To bring back the light (which proved everpresent in the first place)

So hold her close, and tell her its alright
And show her, all of the sights
Which were broken, shattered and shuttered,
And deserve her, and all of her light

And time came to a still, and swallows dare not fly
As the people did stop one moment at a time
Raising their hands up to the cyan sky
Saying i am alive one footstep at a time

We are alive, one triumph at a time