Young Marks - The Mae Shi

I was born

to potential and limitless grace

with the flashing of light

it was gone when the smoke cleared

cast in ash and powder

I was raised to obey and respect but

at the edge of the lake

was dead and disruption

when the water splashed across my back

it burned

for the dead there’s no comfort in fate

and the lie is faintly declined???

and the purpose of living is life

I wasn’t chosen

I didn’t choose the path

my heart’s not built to hold his love

I was schooled

in a place of tradition

but something was missing

in faces of classmates

eyes declared too blue, too deep

in the church will lead us to worship

fighting to pull it apart

with my nails

as they chewed solid unpaid misery???

from the bloods took the truth from the lies

and the lie they took greatly to god

when the lies after death is a prize

I wanna reach out

I wanna shake your hand

your war is noble and divine

oooooooooooooohhhh