Do you remember the day you gave me a piggyback home
my knee bleeding from the broken glass
my tears soaking through the back of your t-shirt
while my blood carved crimson tributaries
into the length of your chinos
how you said they'll wash
when I cried
Dad, waiting at the front door with a belt
a brothers punishment for not keeping his little sister safe
I want you to know that none of it was your fault
But isn't that the problem with death
it's too late to apologize

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In the dream world
When I reach for you
You're always there

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In the second world war
the Germans rounded up the Jewish people and shuttled them to concentration camps
Woman and children suffered the same fate as the men
All were civilians this was not war it was a barbaric act of genocide
Today it is the turn of a Jewish leader to show compassion
But the truly ignortant do not learn lessons
Instead of trains he uses fear to move the people to Rafah
an open air concentration camp
So he can change the course of history
While we watch and say nothing from the comfort of our armchairs

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Are you lost
held between
the still hands of a clock
Then breath in to the stillness
Stretch your thoughts like wings
reach for the heavens
With the wonder of a child
gather the stars like Daisies

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Wait for me
where your heart skips a beat
in the silence of a prayer
at the first stroke of skin on skin

Wait for me
where the butterflies flutter
in the curve of a nape
at the beginning of forever

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Sunlight bleeds into shadow
a golden crown glinting
Pale ghost moon watchful dares to dream

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I am a woman/no one asked me if I wanted to be one/still here I am
Apparently it comes with a list
1 Colour yourself "fit in"
2 Hide the real you, behind filters
3 Don't speak out, it makes others uncomfortable
Doesn't really sound like my cup of tea
I mean have you seen the splendour
of wildflowers blooming
How a mountain stretches its self towards the open hand of the sky
And have you ever tried to quiet
the rise of a dawn chorus
Those birds man they just have to sing

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And in the afterglow
Lay upon soft pillow chest
When racing hearts slow
Night breeze across skin
Pulled close by safety blanket arm
The veil between our world's thin

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Once I knew the truth
I never laid blame
at her door again
Now I pull back the curtains
and stare at the sun
without ever going blind

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The feeling lingered
long after the sun had set
Air heavy
with the scent of jasmine
He closed his fist around the ring

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