Deviation

Deviation                                                                          
And the place was burning
Where once my cradle stood
Memories still yearning
For what my childhood took

In peaceful shelter I may rest
Just instincts of salvation
O’ deviate from within
But hate I may not feel

A nations decay within my eyes
Imploring still in vague seclusion
A tear from a child’s eye - obeying still
But fate just ties together

What’s my flesh?
And what my skin?
What my privilege?
And what a sin?

Have I come to say
What I can never be?
Have I come to beg?
For a new identity?

…to blame…

O’ I have tried to fly
But I did not have wings
I have tried to speak
But I did not know how

Like a new-born child
I have tried to trust
Reaching out
But my cradle burning

A nations decay within my eyes
Imploring still in vague seclusion
A tear from a child’s eyes - obeying still
But fate just ties together

Just memories today
Yes I exist, but do I also live?
I must deviate from the within
But hate I may not feel