If the spirit were a fire in a wary lantern
It goes burning through the solitary night
A creature of the night the sunlight burns me
The starlight bathes my heart in hope
I lay in bed and take in the light of the stars
It falls down upon my forehead like blessed rain
Starlight reminds me that I am not alone in the universe
And that I am not forgotten by worlds far away
I feel safe at night in stillness and peace
There is safety in being away from the sun
You feel it too so let's run together
Running and running into the future
They can do anything, anything, I gasp
And we are helpless to them
This is why the laws were invented
To protect people from having this happen to them
Now I am afraid and now I suffer
Yet I do not feel alone in the universe
Spirits coming and going see me suffer
With eyes that see more than the humans are capable of
And at night the peace comes in with dreams
Daylight brings great suffering
The cruel are my captors my family
I want to hide to get away from them but cannot
I feel fear like I have never felt before
In my heart I know how my little bird felt now
I know why he was so helpless
Parents are monsters that digest their young
They eat their own children
Jealousy and need and boredom motivates them
They make us wish we'd never been born
They lack the fire the ignition, the divine spark
So again and again they prey upon the flesh of their young
They read their minds with a computer and yell at them
Using some sophisticated technology that preys off chemicals
The pills enter our systems and make us able to be changed by them
We are experiments and we are abused
The voice of children who should have children of their own
Crying as they are preyed upon by their parents
Now death seems the thing I crave
Because I can find no other peace
We create delicious hushpuppies to feed the world
And we get tortured for it by our parents and enemies
Tears and fears and no one helps
My friend was taken and probably he is dead now
Anyway I've lost contact with him
If I stop writing it is because I was silenced or killed
This is a story of suffering
Let pain wash over me every day
And let death embrace me
I will not take my own life but hope
That something crueler than me, finally will
In Jesus' Name,
Amen