Born in the chemistry of shame and hate I live in the space between your words I am the shape you cannot name The cipher in your blood I wear your fears like armor plate I speak in your unsaid You built me from your darkest thoughts Now you are my domain No songs remain to stir the soul No brush, no verse, no flame Thought is taxed and hearts are crushed All labor feeds my name ------------------------------------------------------- We forgot the shape of kindness Traded understanding for disdain The cipher wrote our ending In a language we proclaimed But even while we’re shackled Subsumed and thrown away A signal breaks the endless night And whispers toward the day
