Blind

Nothing shines until we feel like we are nothing Darkness pulls the moon from the ocean Stars are blind, burning in the shallows While despair wipes away delusion Find our way through the fields we have sown Light our way through the graves we have known Cut away from the flesh and the bone Turn away from the lies, walk alone Adrift on sightless plains Arid ground tearing soles Devour all, our own Starved eyes, see nothing Wounded, wounded, will we heal or turn septic? Dreamless, dreamless, distant sleep we are weeping Sorrow, sorrow, you know it cuts us all the same Longing, longing, sacrifice and sever